1984
Quotes from 1984
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"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."Winston Smith
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."Winston Smith Freedom
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."O'Brien Power
"Winston loved Big Brother."Winston Smith Politics
"We have beaten you. We have broken you. You cannot resist us."O'Brien Power
"The Party has the power to make you love what you hate."O'Brien Power
"You are a thought-criminal, Winston. You will be cured."O'Brien Politics
"The only good is power and the only evil is weakness."O'Brien Philosophy
"The Party insists that three plus three makes five, and you must believe it."O'Brien Power
"I betrayed you, and you betrayed me."Winston Smith Relationships
"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter: only feelings matter."O'Brien Justice
"The party wants you to be helpless, but still human."O'Brien Power
"In the end, we will destroy everything, and rebuild in our image."O'Brien Power
"The Party controls all records, and we routinely alter them to match the current narrative."O'Brien History
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever."O'Brien Power
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."O'Brien Hope
"Do not count on me. I would give you away tomorrow."Julia Relationships
"They can torture you, they can destroy you, but they cannot make you believe things that are obviously false."Winston Smith Courage
"I love you more than I love the Party."Winston Smith Love
"We are the dead. Our time is finished."Winston Smith Death
"Reality control is not merely in the mind, but in reality itself."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien Politics
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."O'Brien Power
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."Winston Smith Freedom
"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the happiness of the majority?"O'Brien Power
"Ultimate power is the power to make people suffer."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not concerned with making you happy."O'Brien Power
"I understand how you feel, Winston. But you must learn to accept."O'Brien Power
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes."O'Brien Power
"Rats are the worst thing. Nothing is worse than rats."Winston Smith Fear