If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Dystopian future Totalitarianism The future

Speaker

O'Brien

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 3, ch. 3.

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I, too, sing America.
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Author

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Source
I, Too
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Hughes, Langston. "I, Too." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, I. 1.

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