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The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944

Book by George Orwell · 2 quotes · Men, Jokes, Political

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The Complete Works of George Orwell: I have tried to tell the truth, 1943-1944 Quotes

“Nearly all creators of Utopia have resembled the man who has toothache, and therefore thinks happiness consists in not having toothache. They wanted to produce a perfect society by an endless continuation of something that had only been valuable because it was temporary. The wider course would be to say that there are certain lines along which humanity must move, the grand strategy is mapped out, but detailed prophecy is not our business. Whoever tries to imagine perfection simply reveals his own emptiness.”

“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.”