“Moral Force” and Physical Force – George Orwell
“Despotic governments can stand ‘moral force’ till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.”
George Orwell
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“Truth Becomes Untruth” – George Orwell
“Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy”
George Orwell
George Orwell Quote Against Police Violence
“When I see a policeman with a club beating a man on the ground, I don’t have to ask whose side I’m on.”
George Orwell
“Either we all live in a decent world” – George Orwell
“Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell
“Doublethink” – Quote by George Orwell
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
George Orwell
“The Other 99%” – Quote by George Orwell
“Apparently nothing will ever teach these people that the other 99 % of the population exist.”
George Orwell
George Orwell on Nationality and English Institutions
“England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box.”
George Orwell
You Have Your Way – Friedrich Nietzsche
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Never have the world’s moneys been …” – Murray Rothbard
“Never have the world’s moneys been so long cut off from their metallic roots.”
Murray Rothbard
Ivan Illich on Learning and Reality
“Learning from programmed information always hides reality behind a screen.”
Ivan Illich