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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. — George Orwell · 1949All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. — George Orwell · 1945WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH — George Orwell · 1949If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever. — George Orwell · 1949Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. — Margaret Atwood · 1985If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. — George Orwell · 1949All 31 quotes →Allegory2 quotes
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. — George Orwell · 1945The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. — George Orwell · 1945