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The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretense was always unnecessary.
Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. 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.
You are under the impression that hatred is more exhausting than love.
