O'Brien

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

"Do not assume that you will save yourself, Winston. It is our custom to save the minds that matter."

"Some brute is coming towards you, and you feel terrified. Alone, unarmed, outnumbered. There is no escape. What do you do?"

"If the Party says that it is not four but five—then four is four."

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."

"The Party is immortal. You are immortal. Even after you are dead, you will be immortal."

"We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you up. Can you think of a single degradation that has not happened to you?"

"We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves."

"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."

"We make the laws of nature."

"The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?"

"Do you see, Winston, the beauty of the system we are building? Do you see how it is invulnerable?"

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

"Some kinds of knowledge must not be acquired, however great the temptation."

"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."

"Rebellion means a man thinks he can do something by himself."

"Do you understand that no one whom we bring to this place ever leaves our hands alive?"

"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."

"Do not make the mistake of thinking that the Party is afraid of you."

"You are a slow learner, Winston. Sometimes I think you do not love Big Brother as well as you might."

"Humanity is not ready for freedom, Winston. It is too fragile a thing to be handled by the unprepared."

"The object of power is power. 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."

"Room 101 holds what each man most fears. What is in Room 101?"

"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."

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

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

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

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

"It does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is impossible."