Country Quote by E. L. Doctorow

“When ideology has become total through its possession of total power, and has changed from partial truth to totalitarian falsehood, historical thought has been…

— Guy Debord

I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the…

— Frank Luntz

The major force in world history is sheer dumbness.

— Eric Wolf

Language is a machine for making falsehoods.

— Iris Murdoch

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

— George Carlin

“The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.”

— Helmut Newton

“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning but merely…

— Norman Cantor

When totalitarian regimes are established, they at least have the illusion of the single-minded purpose. But once they establish the stature that's necessary for…

— Masha Gessen

Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the…

— Jay Griffiths

“Some countries are ruled by humans, but some are ruled by animals! Totalitarian one-man regimes, where opponents are arrested for fabricated reasons, freedom of…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

— Theodor Adorno

Totalitarian is a cliché, dictatorship is based on clichéd thinking, on very tried and tested uniform stuff. They don't mind that they're boring, they…

— Christopher Hitchens