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Keep Quotes by George Orwell
- The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.
- The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him…
- It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their position permanently -…
- A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible.…
- When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut in the torture…
- All through my boyhood I had a profound conviction that I was no good, that I was wasting my time, wrecking my talents, behaving with…
- In some ways she was far more acute than Winston, and far less susceptible to Party propaganda. Once when he happened in some connection to…
- So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon…
- If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor. You can keep on with your books and your ideas.…
- If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
- If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. You must know all the while that it is there, but…
- He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and…
- The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be produced, but they…
More Keep Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn! — Victoria Abril
- Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash
- I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my… — Arthur Ashe
- I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile… — Arthur Ashe
- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- Just keep stirring the pot, you never know what will come up. — Lee Atwater
- The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius