“The girl with dark hair was coming towards them across the field. With what seemed a single movement she tore off her… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Parsons was Winston’s fellow employee at the Ministry of Truth. He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“[Censoring] knowledge, telling people what they must think and what ideas are impermissible, which lines of evidence may not be pursued, is… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I find that people today tend to use them interchangeably. I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“It was what Julia had been thinking for weeks, but now she said, You mustn't think that. It was they who made… — Sandra Newman Copy Share Image
There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held,… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
“The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.” — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“And yet it was a fact that if Syme grasped, even for three seconds, the nature of his, Winston's, secret opinions, he… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“If the thought police come to Armitage Baptist Church, we will meet them at the door respectfully, unflinchingly, willing to die on… — Todd Starnes Copy Share Image
It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children — George Orwell Copy Share Image
