“If somebody is telling you there is one history, one people & one version of events, you should consider what side of history that they're on.” HistoryDiversityCult1984Banned BooksThe Party Author:Sara Ellie MacKenzie
“He realised how easy it was to present an appearance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.” UnderstandingAcceptanceOrthodoxySwallowViolationsThe Party Book:1984 Source: 1984
“The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou art".” Big BrotherThe PartyO Brien Book:1984 Source: 1984
“Past events, it is argued, have no objective existence, but survive only in written record and in human memories. The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon. And since the Party is in full control of all records and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it.” PastTotalitarianismBig BrotherAnti UtopiaThe PartyFull Control Book:1984 Source: 1984