1984
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
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."O'Brien Power
"I have no loyalty except to the Party."Julia Politics
"The Party told you to reject it. You did reject it. You are free."O'Brien Freedom
"Betrayal is the only form of love."O'Brien Relationships
"Humanity needs some things to struggle against."O'Brien Philosophy
"The purpose of persecution is persecution."O'Brien Power
"Sanity is not statistical."Winston Smith Wisdom
"You do not merely obey the Party; you love Big Brother."O'Brien Politics
"The species only stayed alive because a few honest men here and there refused to be corrupted."Syme Justice
"I love Big Brother."Winston Smith Politics
"We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back."O'Brien Power
"The Party is immortal; you are not. The Party will still be there when you are dead."O'Brien Death
"The Party wants you to feel that you are helpless against your oppressors."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not concerned with 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 Politics
"We are the dead."Winston Smith Death
"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with comfort? Power is concerned with 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
"Power is not a means; it is an end."O'Brien Power
"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
"Syme would be vaporized. It was written in his face."Winston Smith Death
"Like a black iron bar, like an immovable mass."Winston Smith Strength
"The party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about."O'Brien Politics
"Power is not a means, it is an end."O'Brien Power
"I love Big Brother."Winston Smith Power
"You must love Big Brother."Big Brother Power
"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."O'Brien Happiness
"Sometimes they are five fingers, sometimes three, sometimes they are all of them at once."O'Brien Truth
"The best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts."Winston Smith Literature