此书摘本创建于：2016-05-28
1984
The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision i …… [ 展开全部 ]
- 作者：George Orwell
- 出版社：New American Library
- 定价：USD 9.99
- ISBN：9780451524935
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The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.
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One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
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Power is not a means, it is an end.
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That the Party did not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority. That it sought power because men in the mass were frail cowardly creatures who could not endure liberty or face the truth, and must be ruled over and systematically deceived by others who were stronger than themselves. That the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better.
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The command of the old despotisms was "Thou shalt not". The command of the totalitarians was "Thou shalt". Our command is "Thou art". No one whom we bring to this place ever stands out against us. Everyone is washed clean.
