1984 quotes Flashcards

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watched

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“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment”

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surveillance

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“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”
“It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children”

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Winston on women

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‘The women of the Party were all alike’
He disliked nearly all women, especially the young and pretty ones’

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Julia on women

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‘How I hate women!’ (Julia)

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history

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Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted,

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party

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‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

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mental autonomy

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“Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious”
“No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred.”

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