1984

Book · 6 characters · 1213 quotes · 2003

Quotes from 1984

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