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Quote from George Orwell,


"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ..."
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By:

George Orwell (more quotes by George Orwell or books by/about George Orwell)


[Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author

Source:

his book, '1984'

ISBN-10:

0141036141

Amazon Img URL:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51K84pomCRL._SX305_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Categories:

Autocracy, Centralization, Crime, Fascism, Free Thought, NWO, Obedience, Persecution, Privacy, Surveillance, Tyranny

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