1984

Book · 6 characters · 1213 quotes · 2003

Quotes from 1984

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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 good of the majority?"
O'Brien Power
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"I am not human anymore. The Party has remade me in its image."
Winston Smith
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"To accept an absurd premise and defend it rationally: this is the ultimate exercise of power."
O'Brien Power
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"By the time we finish, there will be no loyalty except loyalty to the Party."
O'Brien Power
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"We know that no one ever escapes this place. The choice between their love and their loyalty will always favor the Party."
O'Brien Relationships
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"The Party is not interested in the crime: the thought is all we care about."
O'Brien Justice
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"Syme would be vaporized. He was too intelligent and therefore too dangerous."
Winston Smith Fear
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"It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern war was that nobody ever won it."
Winston Smith War
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"I do not remember when I gave up the idea that power could be overthrown from within."
Winston Smith Politics
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"He loved her and would love her forever. But he also hated her. Why should that be?"
Winston Smith Relationships
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Winston Smith Death
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"The proles are the only class with a chance of overthrowing the Party."
Winston Smith Politics
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"Do you see any signs of love here?"
Winston Smith Relationships
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"Nothing exists except through human consciousness."
O'Brien Philosophy
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"The Party does not concern itself with objective reality. What matters is that Party power should increase moment by moment."
O'Brien Power
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"There is truth and there is untruth, and if you cling to the truth even against the whole world, you are sane."
Winston Smith Truth
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"The existence of the Party is permanent. All else is temporary."
O'Brien Politics
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
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 is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
O'Brien Power
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"The act of resistance had no meaning. All was futile."
Winston Smith
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"Acceptance of reality is the first step to survival."
O'Brien Wisdom
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"In the end, we shall destroy you."
O'Brien Power
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"Pain is truth. You must learn to accept pain as your reality."
O'Brien Truth
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"The proles are not human beings."
O'Brien Philosophy
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"He loved Big Brother."
Winston Smith Power
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"Do not imagine that you will save yourself by pleading for mercy."
O'Brien Fear
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"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
O'Brien Hope
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Winston Smith Death