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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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

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

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

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