What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself; who gives your arguments a fair hearing and simply persists in his lunacy?

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself; who gives your arguments a fair hearing and simply persists in his lunacy?

– George Orwell

1984. Part 3, Chapter 3. Winston’s thoughts about O’Brien, who has been assimilated by the Party and has fully absorbed their lunacy.

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