“It does not matter whether The War is Actually Happening, and, since no decisive Victory is possible, it does not matter whether The War is going Well or Badly.
All that is needed is that a State of War should exist.
The splitting of the intelligence which The Party requires of its members, and which is more easily achieved in an Atmosphere of War, is now almost universal, but the higher up the ranks one goes, the more marked it becomes.
It is precisely in The Inner Party that War Hysteria and Hatred of The Enemy are strongest.
In his capacity as An Administrator, it is often necessary for a member of The Inner Party to KNOW that this or that item of War News is Untruthful, and he may often be aware that The Entire War is spurious and is either Not Happening or is being waged for Purposes quite other than the declared ones : but such knowledge is easily neutralized by the technique of doublethink.
Meanwhile no Inner Party member wavers for an instant in his mystical belief that The War is Real, and that it is bound to end Victoriously, with Oceania The Undisputed Master of The Entire World.”
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