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

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Past and present The future Disinformation Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

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Topic
Social status Man as social animal

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Groucho Marx
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

Another quote about The future

But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Source
A Tract on Monetary Reform
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1924 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.