"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." ― George Orwell Topic(s): Freedom Tags: freedom, right More From George Orwell "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." "In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia." "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." More In Freedom "No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist."― Patti Smith "Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings."― Walter Lippmann "When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state."― Vladimir Lenin