“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
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“Big Brother is Watching You.”
― 1984
― 1984
“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
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