أمرك الحزبُ أن ترفض أدلّةَ عينيك وأذنيك. كانت تلك وصيّته الأخيرة وأجلّها شأنًا. وهوى قلبُه حين فكّر في القوة الهائلة المُصطفّة ضدّه، وفي السهولة التي يستطيع بها أيُّ مثقفٍ حزبيّ أن يُسقطه في المناظرة، بحججٍ دقيقةٍ لا يفهمها، فضلًا عن أن يردّ عليها. ومع ذلك فهو على حقّ! هم على باطل، وهو على الحق!

“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.”George Orwell — Animal Farm and 1984 (2003)