O'Brien

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

"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? By making him suffer."

"Struggle against Big Brother is impossible."

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

"Sometimes they are five fingers, sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once."

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

"The Party exists for power. It has no interest in the wellbeing of human beings."

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

"What you must understand is that we desire power not for its own sake, but as a means of imposing a desired order on the world."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all necessary?"

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

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

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."

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

"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did know what you were setting yourself up for."

"The past is whatever the Party says it is."

"Alone—free—the human being is always defeated."

"The Party controls all records, and we control all memory."

"Rebellion meant a ecstatic acceptance of slavery."

"The worst thing in the world varies from individual to individual."

"The Party is immortal and the individual is ephemeral."

"The Party has no interest in the overt act: only in the thought."

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

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

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

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."

"Reality control is the ability to control not just events but facts themselves."

"You must learn to accept reality as the Party defines it."

"Memory is a weapon we must control in order to control the present."

"The lower classes will accept serfdom if they are granted material sufficiency and entertainment."