Quotes About Manipulation

For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable what then?

El lenguaje político —y, aunque con variaciones, esto es cierto en el caso de todos los partidos, desde los conservadores hasta los anarquistas— está diseñado para que las mentiras suenen a verdad y los asesinatos parezcan algo respetable; para dar aspecto de solidez a lo que es puro humo.

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

This war is a racket the same as any other.

the oligarchs have to make use of the masses without significantly raising the general standard of living

Bir insan?n size laterna gibi saat ba?? propaganda üfürmesi dehÅŸet bir ÅŸey. Tekrar tekrar ayn? ÅŸeyler. Nefret, nefret, nefret. Hadi, hepimiz bir araya gelelim ve bir güzel nefret edelim. Durmamacas?na.

first four letters, and used to write them out

A few animals still felt faintly doubtful, but Squealer asked them shrewdly, 'Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere?' And since it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.

How many fingers, Winston?' 'Four. I suppose there are four. I would see five if I could. I am trying to see five.' 'Which do you wish: to persuade me that you see five, or really to see them?' 'Really to see them.

George Orwell

Parecía, de alguna manera, que la finca se había enriquecido sin hacer más ricos a los propios animales... excepto, claro está, a los cerdos y a los perros.

Quien controla el pasado —decía la consigna del Partido— controla el futuro. Quien controla el presente controla el pasado.»

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy; they are deliberate exercises in DOUBLETHINK. For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken.

The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.

Bu insan gruplar? aras?nda ne pasifistler ne komünistler ne de Kara Gömlekliler kendi çabas?yla büyük çapl? bir sava?? durdurun hareketi oluÅŸturabilir. Fakat teslim olma koÅŸullar?n?n pazarl???n? yapan hain bir hükümet için iÅŸlerin kolaylaÅŸmas?na yard?mc? olabilirler. Frans?z komünistleri gibi, milyonerlerin yar? bilinçli ajanlar?na dönüÅŸebilirler.

Za one koji žele upravljati nama, rat je mir, sloboda je robovanje, a neznanje je snaga.

The rulers of such a state are absolute, as the Pharaohs or the Caesars could not be. They are obliged to prevent their followers from starving to death in numbers large enough to be inconvenient, and they are obliged to remain at the same low level of military technique as their rivals; but once that minimum is achieved, they can twist reality into whatever shape

Quien controla el pasado", decía el lema del Partido, "controla el futuro: quien controla el presente controla el pasado".

lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered.

Was the Party's hold upon the past less strong, he wondered, because a piece of evidence which existed no longer 'had once' existed?

He could not fight against the Party any longer. Besides, the Party was in the right. It must be so: how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken?

It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working-hours or shorter rations.

Non possono entrare dentro di te' aveva detto lei, ma in realtà potevano entrarti dentro. 'Quello che ti accade qui è per sempre' aveva detto O'Brien, ed era la verità. C'erano cose, frutto di azioni compiute in prima persona, dalle quali non ci si riprendeva più.