"It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern war was that nobody ever won it."
War
"Syme would be vaporized. He was too intelligent and therefore too dangerous."
Fear
"I am not human anymore. The Party has remade me in its image."
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"Do you see that children nowadays are taught to report their parents to the Thought Police?"
Politics
"They can make you say anything. But they can't make you believe it."
Freedom
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"Do not trust the Party. Bands of crimethink are everywhere."
Fear
"The best books are treasuries of the dead."
Literature
"Two and two make five becomes two and two make four at the Party's command."
Power
"Rebellion against tyranny is obedience to God."
Courage
"I love Big Brother."
Power
"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."
"Rats are the worst thing. Nothing is worse than rats."
Fear
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"We are the dead. Our time is finished."
Death
"I love you more than I love the Party."
Love
"They can torture you, they can destroy you, but they cannot make you believe things that are obviously false."
Courage
"I betrayed you, and you betrayed me."
Relationships
"Winston loved Big Brother."
Politics
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."
"We are the dead. They will shoot us."
Death
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"Syme will be vaporized. He is too intelligent—he sees too clearly."
Fear
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom
"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Death
"Sanity is not statistical."
Wisdom
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Courage
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Freedom