He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past

Author: George Orwell

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To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Past thinking and methods did not prevent world wars. Future thinking must prevent wars.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.