O'Brien

Character in 1984 From: 1984

Inner Party member; manipulator and torturer of Winston

730 quotes

"The Party depends upon the Party members not thinking."
Power
"We will make you happy. We will make you sane."
Power
"Do you see, Winston, that the Party would prefer you to make the wrong decision?"
Power
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
Fear
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
Power
"Power is not a means; it is an end."
Power
"The aim of the Party is not the happiness of ordinary men, any more than the aim of a man is the happiness of the cells composing his body."
Power
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
Power
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
Power
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."
Power
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
Fear
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
Politics
"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did not save yourself. I did not save you. We did not save you."
Power
"The Party is eternal. The Party is infallible. If you accept that, everything else follows."
Philosophy
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."
Power
"Everything fades into mist. Your mind loses its sharpness, the clarity of your thoughts deteriorates."
Fear
"You are a slow learner, Winston, but you will learn."
Wisdom
"Pain is always present as the ruling force of existence. The only escape is into compliance."
Power
"You are thinking of rebellion. You will not succeed."
Fear
"It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it may be."
Power
"The Party is not concerned with overt acts. The thought is all we care about."
Politics
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
Power
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
Hope
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
Politics
"The Party is not concerned with the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
Power
"Humanity is not ready for freedom."
Freedom
"In the end we shall shoot you."
Death
"Power is not a means; it is an end."
Power
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."
Power
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
Power