O'Brien

Character in 1984 From: 1984

Inner Party member; manipulator and torturer of Winston

730 quotes

"Rebellion is at the core of human nature; we must eliminate it."
Power
"The Brotherhood does not exist in any concrete form; it exists only in the mind."
Power
"The purpose of persecution is punishment; the purpose of punishment is pain."
War
"In the face of pain, there is no heroism, only surrender."
Fear
"We make people disappear and then deny they ever existed."
Power
"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"
Power
"The past is dead. The future does not exist. There is only the present moment of the Party's victory."
Time
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
Power
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
Hope
"Do you understand, Winston, that no one whom we bring to this place ever leaves our hands alive?"
Fear
"If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
War
"The Party is not interested in perpetuating its blood but in perpetuating itself as such."
Power
"The Object of torture is torture. The Object of power is power."
Power
"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere."
Philosophy
"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but in perpetuating itself."
Politics
"You will learn by degrees, Winston. You are a long way from the end of the process."
Education
"The desire for a full human life brings the desire for death."
Death
"We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us; so he resists us because we destroy him."
Power
"The Party is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power."
Power
"You are a flaw in the pattern, Winston. You are a stain that must be wiped out."
Fear
"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?"
Power
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."
Philosophy
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"Do you see, Winston, that it is all a game? Mind control, it is all just a game."
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
"Orderly, you are an orderly man."
Power
"Power is not a means, it is an end."
Power
"We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power."
Power
"You are a slow learner, Winston."
Education
"The paperweight is the room that you love."
Relationships