“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilisation, it expects what never was & never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”
― The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9: 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816
― The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9: 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― 1984
― 1984
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― 1984
― 1984
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