oppression of truth Quotes

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right.

But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four

But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority

truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself

Again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. ("The Plague")

The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.