O'Brien

Character in 1984 From: 1984

Inner Party member; manipulator and torturer of Winston

730 quotes

"Your mind contains encrypted and compressed files of years and years of conditioning."
"The supremacy of the Party does not depend on force."
Power
"You are free. You are not compelled to work."
Freedom
"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
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
War
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
Politics
"The book has been discovered and destroyed. No copy exists elsewhere. You have read the last copy that exists in the world."
Truth
"You are a slow learner, Winston."
Education
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."
Philosophy
"It is our custom to liquidate all those who have been tortured to death."
Justice
"The Party controls all records, and we control all memory."
Politics
"You may consider yourself dead."
Death
"Power is not a means; it is an end."
Power
"We are not concerned with the good of others; we are concerned solely with power."
Motivation
"This is not a place where you can hide."
Fear
"You will be melted down. Your past will be obliterated."
Change
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
Power
"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 Brotherhood cannot be wiped out because it does not exist."
Politics
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
Power
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
Fear
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."
Power
"In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement."
Fear
"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You will perish. It is an absolute certainty."
Fear
"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
"Reality is inside the skull. Whatever the Party holds to be truth is truth."
Truth
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
Power