O'Brien

"The Party wants power over not just the world, but over the very nature of reality itself."

"Humanity is the Party, and the Party is humanity."

"You are a slow learner, Winston."

"I would like to free you from fear."

"We control life, Winston, at all its levels."

"It is our custom to liquidate people who are no longer serviceable."

"Power is not a means; it is an end."

"The lowest animals are the ones that destroy their own species."

"The past is dead. The future is unwritten."

"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter."

"But you cannot be sure that you have even the right to save your own life, if by so doing you betray a superior cause."

"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all contained in that one word?"

"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."

"It is our custom to exterminate them."

"Even to understand the word 'politics' is to understand power."

"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself."

"The species is at the crossroads."

"The act of lying is exactly the same as the act of thinking."

"The Party has closed off the possibility of independent action or belief."

"There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother."

"Do not imagine that you will save yourself that way."

"How does one man assert his power over another?"

"By making him suffer."

"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."

"Power is not a means; it is an end."