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Quote by George Orwell
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the sam

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell

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The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. – George Orwell

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I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. – George Eliot

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To get nostalgic about other peoples music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. – Neil Peart

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