It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their position permanently — by cultivating ignorance among the other classes and by constantly surveying them through the Thought Police. Part of this strategy included the maintenance of a state of continual warfare, which Goldstein discussed in the third chapter. The three major powers were not fighting this perpetual war for victory; they were fighting to keep a state of emergency always present as the surest guarantee of authoritarianism.
~ George Orwell (born: 1903-06-25 died: 1950-01-21 at age: 46) 1984 chapter 9.