Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel by George Orwell, written in 1949. It is about his idea of a future where the government controls and watches everyone, all the time.

Sourced quotes

• "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

Simple: Fighting is the same as not fighting. Being free is the same as being a slave. Not knowing makes you strong.

• "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death."

Simple: Thinking bad things about the government (called Thoughtcrime in the book) is not punished with death, thinking bad things about the government is death.

Other websites

• Nineteen Eighty-Four on Wikipedia
• Nineteen Eighty-Four on Wikimedia Commons
• Nineteen Eighty-Four on the English Wikibooks