Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police. It was a device by means of which everyone could… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
To respect Louis Farrakhan, we must understand, is simply to agree with him... If dissent is now also to be thought of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“As I've already mentioned, 1984 and I were getting on famously. A no-frills setup, run without sentiment, snobbery or cultural favouritism, Airstrip… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“No matter what you do, no matter what you say, someone out there will proclaim how outraged they are, because they think… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The real reason President Trump was elected, I think, to the extent I know anything about politics at all - and I… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created… — Orwell.G Copy Share Image
Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I think that when we start thought-policing people and idea-policing people, then that's crossing a line. And I think, you know, everybody's… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
America can be a very hysterical country intellectually and very puritanical, too. You probably have fun in private, but to the rest… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Campuses that were once havens of free speech are now patrolled and regulated by thought police. Intellectual dishonesty has become a job… — Michael Barone Copy Share Image
By becoming the Twitter police we've volunteered to become the thought police: This seems indisputable, even uncontroversial. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The party where humorless thought police work to enforce a rigid ideological discipline isn't made up of Democrats. It comprises Republicans. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“ April the 4th, 1984. To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“She would not accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated. In a way she realized that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
