إلى المستقبل أو الماضي، إلى الزمن الذي يكون فيه الفكر حراً طليقاً، إلى زمن يختلف فيه الأشخاص عن بعضهم البعض ولا يعيش كل منهم في عزلة عن الآخر، إلى زمن تظل فيه الحقيقة قائمة ولا يمكن فيه لأحد أن يمحو ما ينتجه الآخرون، وإليكم، من هذا العصر الذي يعيش فيه الناس متشابيهين، متناسخين، لا يختلف الواحد منهم عن الآخر . من عصر العزلة، من عصر الأخ الكبير، من عصر التفكير المزدوج، تحياتي!"
شعر آنذاك كأنه في عالم الأموات، وبدا له أنه في هذه اللحظة فقط، لحظة بات فيها قادراً صياغة أفكاره، قد اتخذ الخطوة الحاسمة. إن عواقب كل عمل تكمن في العمل نفسه، وكتب: "إن جريمة الفكر لا تفضي إلى الموت، إنها الموت نفسه
Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.
George OrwellStichwörter: censorship 1984 orwellian orwell censoring
Public opinion is less tolerant than any system of law.
George OrwellStichwörter: conformity custom unwritten-rules
Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money–had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled? All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it. The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs. Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
George OrwellSurely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?"
Once again this argument was unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop. Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying: "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right." And from then on he adopted the maxim, "Napoleon is always right," in addition to his private motto of "I will work harder.
Stichwörter: obedience
I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm. It must be due to some fault in ourselves. The solution, as I see it, is to work harder. From now onwards I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings.
George OrwellStichwörter: ignoring-issues self-blame
Who controls the past controls the future.
George Orwell«Lo importante no es mantenerse vivo sino mantenerse humano.»
George OrwellBut a child’s belief in its own shortcomings is not much influenced by facts.
George OrwellIf you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters.
George OrwellStichwörter: writing-craft george-orwell care peoples
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