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We've Always Been At War With Eurasia

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The phrase, "we've always been at war with Eurasia" comes directly out of George Orwell's novel, 1984, in which the overbearingly fascist Oceania makes a declaration of war against its former ally, Eurasia, but also declares that it has always been at war with Eurasia. Upon hearing the news, political activists in the streets immediately tear down their banners of praise for Eurasia and revise them, accusing the wicked Goldstein of sabotage, and history books are likewise recalled to be corrected.

The phrase is used in conversation as a sarcastic way to express disbelief in a statement that involves an element of perpetuity, e.g. "she has always loved me," or "I knew that all along."

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