Quote by George Orwell
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the presen

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell

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If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. – Winston Churchill

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I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like. – Michelangelo Antonioni

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All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past. – Gene Tierney

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Web 2.0 ideas have a chirpy, cheerful rhetoric to them, but I think they consistently express a profound pessimism about humans, human nature and the human future. – Jaron Lanier

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Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury — to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind – Albert Einstein

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