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 it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
O'Brien Power
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"I have no loyalty except to the Party."
Julia Politics
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"The Party told you to reject it. You did reject it. You are free."
O'Brien Freedom
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"Betrayal is the only form of love."
O'Brien Relationships
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"Humanity needs some things to struggle against."
O'Brien Philosophy
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"The purpose of persecution is persecution."
O'Brien Power
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"Sanity is not statistical."
Winston Smith Wisdom
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"You do not merely obey the Party; you love Big Brother."
O'Brien Politics
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"The species only stayed alive because a few honest men here and there refused to be corrupted."
Syme Justice
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"I love Big Brother."
Winston Smith Politics
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"We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back."
O'Brien Power
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"The Party is immortal; you are not. The Party will still be there when you are dead."
O'Brien Death
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"The Party wants you to feel that you are helpless against your oppressors."
O'Brien Power
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"The Party is not concerned with the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
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; we are interested solely in power."
O'Brien Politics
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"We are the dead."
Winston Smith Death
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"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with comfort? Power is concerned with 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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"Power is not a means; it is an end."
O'Brien Power
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"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."
Winston Smith Truth
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"Syme would be vaporized. It was written in his face."
Winston Smith Death
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"Like a black iron bar, like an immovable mass."
Winston Smith Strength
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"The party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about."
O'Brien Politics
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"Power is not a means, it is an end."
O'Brien Power
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"I love Big Brother."
Winston Smith Power
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"You must love Big Brother."
Big Brother Power
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"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."
O'Brien Happiness
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"Sometimes they are five fingers, sometimes three, sometimes they are all of them at once."
O'Brien Truth
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"The best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts."
Winston Smith Literature