The fortunes of war

“Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.”

No voice pursuing you

"It seemed to him that he knew exactly what it felt like to sit in a room like this, in an armchair beside an open fire with your feet in the fender and a kettle on the hob: utterly alone, utterly secure, with nobody watching you, no voice pursuing you, no sound except the singing of the kettle and the friendly ticking of the clock." Part 1, Chapter 8, pg. 100

"Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces." Part 2, Chapter 2, pg. 127

"The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all around him. She had become a physical necessity." Part 2, Chapter 4, pg. 140

Hope

"If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 7

"Until the become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 7

Political Axioms

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)