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George Orwell

British writer and journalist

1903–1950

39 quotes, most often on Politics, Patriotism and Writing. Part of the Writers collection.

A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible.
The Prevention of Literature (1946)
- Government
- Power
The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside.
“As I Please,” Tribune (28 April 1944)
- Freedom
- Government
A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.
The Prevention of Literature (1946)
- Government
- Power

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