The object of persecution is persecution. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four Author: George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair) (19031950) A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook, typeset by eBook No.: 0100021. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.

View our licence and header Read our other ebooks by George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. Title: Nineteen eighty-four Author: George Orwell eBook No.: 0100021h.html Language: English Date first posted: August 2001 Most recent update: November 2008 This eBook was produced by: Colin Choat. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are not interested in the good of others we are interested solely in power, pure power. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell, 1984 tags: truth 15140 likes Like Who controls the past controls the future. “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. 1984 by George Orwell 4,197,868 ratings, 4.19 average rating, 101,581 reviews 1984 Quotes Showing 1-30 of 2,718 Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

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