"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."

"The greatest danger to freedom is an apathetic citizenry."

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

"I am afraid I have nothing to say about the war, except that it is going to happen."