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Orwellianism Quotes By Christopher Hitchens

His importance to the century just past, and therefore his status as a figure in history as well as in literature, derives from the extraordinary salience of the subjects he 'took on,' and stayed with, and never abandoned. As a consequence, we commonly use the term 'Orwellian' in one of two ways. To describe a state of affairs as 'Orwellian' is to imply crushing tyranny and fear and conformism. To describe a piece of writing as 'Orwellian' is to recognize that human resistance to these terrors is unquenchable. Not bad for one short lifetime. — Christopher Hitchens

Orwellianism Quotes By Thomas Aquinas

There is no leisure about politics. — Thomas Aquinas

Orwellianism Quotes By Kenneth Eade

1984 was alive and well in 2015. — Kenneth Eade

Orwellianism Quotes By Samantha Stosur

Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis. — Samantha Stosur

Orwellianism Quotes By Colleen Hoover

It's an actual book-book. Something I thought was lost on this generation of internet fiends. — Colleen Hoover

Orwellianism Quotes By Vasily Rozanov

All religions will pass but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking into the distance. — Vasily Rozanov

Orwellianism Quotes By Stan Goff

The author also participated in Operation Uphold Democracy (in Haiti, a year after the catastrophic denouement of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia). ... Hope was not restored in Somalia. Democracy was not upheld in Haiti. — Stan Goff

Orwellianism Quotes By J. Budziszewski

To penetrate the unknown, the mind must begin with what is known already. George Orwell wrote that "We have now sunk to a depth at which re-statement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." This book is an attempt at re-statement. — J. Budziszewski

Orwellianism Quotes By Noam Chomsky

Most schooling is training for stupidity and conformity, and that's institutional, but occasionally you get a spark, somebody'll challenge your mind, make you think and so on, and that has a tremendous effect you just reach all sorts of people. Of course if you do it you may very have problems, you have to tread the narrow line. There are plenty of people who don't want students to think, they're afraid of the crisis of democracy. If people start thinking you get all these problems that I quoted before. They won't have enough humility to submit to a civil rule or they'll start trying to press their demands in the political arena and have ideas of their own, instead of beleiving what they're told. And privelage and power typically doesn't want that and so they react and the high school teacher that tries to get students to think may find oppression, firing and so on. — Noam Chomsky

Orwellianism Quotes By Lord Chesterfield

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning. — Lord Chesterfield