Motivational Status in English

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable.

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.

In the face of pain, there are no heroes.

To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.

Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.

To write or even speak English is not a science but an art.