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George Orwell | Narrative Essays

“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. Political language…is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidarity to pure wind. War against…

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George Orwell | Who controls the past controls the future

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” George Orwell “Wer die Vergangenheit kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Zukunft. Wer die Gegenwart kontrolliert, kontrolliert die Vergangenheit.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | abolition of private property

“After the revolutionary period of the fifties and sixties, society regrouped itself, as always, into High, Middle, and Low. But the new High group, unlike all its forerunners, did not act upon instinct but knew what was needed to safeguard its position. It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are possessed jointly. The so-called ’abolition of private property’ which took place in the middle years of the century meant, in effect, the concentration of…

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George Orwell | Real power is achieved

“Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.” George Orwell “Wahre Macht wird erreicht, wenn die herrschende Klasse die materiellen Lebensgrundlagen kontrolliert und sie den Massen gewährt und vorenthält als wären sie Privilegien.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | Until they become conscious

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” George Orwell “Bis sie sich bewusst geworden sind, werden sie niemals rebellieren, und bis sie rebelliert haben, können sie sich nicht bewusst werden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | If you want a picture of the future

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” George Orwell “Wenn Sie ein Bild von der Zukunft haben wollen, so stellen Sie sich einen Stiefel vor, der auf ein Gesicht tritt. Unaufhörlich.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | If you can feel that staying human is worth while

“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.” George Orwell “Wenn du fühlen kannst, dass es sich lohnt, menschlich zu bleiben, auch wenn es zu keinem Ergebnis führt, hast du sie besiegt.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Georg Orwell | What counts is that we don’t betray each other

“It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.” Georg Orwell “Es geht nicht so sehr darum, am Leben zu bleiben, es ist wichtig, menschlich zu bleiben. Was zählt, ist, dass wir einander nicht verraten.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | horrible features of war

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” George Orwell | Homage to Catalonia, 1938 “Eines der schrecklichsten Merkmale des Krieges ist, dass die gesamte Kriegspropaganda, all das Geschrei, die Lügen und der Hass, ausnahmslos von Leuten kommt, die nicht kämpfen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | The most effective way to destroy people

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell “Der effektivste Weg, Menschen zu zerstören, besteht darin, ihr eigenes Verständnis ihrer Geschichte zu leugnen und auszulöschen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing

“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to state this or that or the other, but it is “not done”… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow periodicals.” George Orwell “Zu jedem Zeitpunkt gibt es eine Orthodoxie, eine Reihe von Ideen, von denen man…

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George Orwell | These people don’t see that

“These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you.” George Orwell “Die Menschen erkennen nicht, dass bei Befürwortung totalitärer Methoden die Zeit kommen kann, in denen sie gegen statt für einen eingesetzt werden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | To keep them in control was not difficult

“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern…Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” George Orwell, 1984 “Solange sie (die Proleten)…

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George Orwell | everything else is public relations

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.” George Orwell (Zitat wird angezweifelt) “Journalismus heißt, etwas zu drucken, von dem jemand will, dass es nicht gedruckt wird. Alles andere ist Propaganda.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | The further a society moves away from the truth

“The further a society moves away from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell “Je weiter sich eine Gesellschaft von der Wahrheit entfernt, desto mehr wird sie Jene hassen, die sie aussprechen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell “Die politische Sprache ist darauf ausgerichtet, Lügen wahrhaftig und Morde respektabel klingen zu lassen und dem reinen Wind einen Anschein von Solidität zu geben. Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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George Orwell | The really frightening thing about totalitarianism

“The really frightening thing about totalitarianism is not that it commits ‘atrocities’ but that it attacks the concept of objective truth; it claims to control the past as well as the future.” George Orwell | This quote comes from his column “As I Please” in the Tribune newspaper on February 4, 1944, in which Orwell often wrote about political and social issues. It illustrates his criticism of totalitarian regimes and their manipulation of history and reality to gain control over people’s perceptions. “Das wirklich Beängstigende am Totalitarismus ist nicht, dass…

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George Orwell | A people that elect corrupt politicians

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims… but accomplices…” George Orwell (Attributed) “Ein Volk, das korrupte Politiker, Betrüger, Diebe und Verräter wählt, ist nicht Opfer, sondern Komplize…” George Orwell (* 25. Juni 1903 in Motihari, Bihar, Britisch-Indien als Eric Arthur Blair; † 21. Januar 1950 in London) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Essayist und Journalist. Von 1921 bis 1927 war er Beamter der britischen Kolonialpolizei in Birma. 1936 nahm er auf republikanischer Seite am Spanischen Bürgerkrieg teil. Er schrieb Romane, wie Eine Pfarrerstochter (1935) und…