1984

"The species is at the crossroads."

"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself."

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five."

"The past is destroyed, but fragments of it can be found by sifting through the rubble."

"Even to understand the word 'politics' is to understand power."

"It is our custom to exterminate them."

"I love Big Brother."

"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."

"The book was an outrage. It was also a masterpiece."

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all contained in that one word?"

"Alone—free—the mind needs exercising constantly, or it grows weak."

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."

"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."

"In the end we shall make thoughtcrime impossible because there will be no words in which to express it."

"But you cannot be sure that you have even the right to save your own life, if by so doing you betray a superior cause."

"The essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty."

"We are the dead."

"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter."

"The past is dead. The future is unwritten."

"The lowest animals are the ones that destroy their own species."

"Power is not a means; it is an end."

"It is our custom to liquidate people who are no longer serviceable."

"By destroying words we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible."

"The beautiful thing about destroying words is that you leave behind only a vacuous space."

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel."

"We control life, Winston, at all its levels."

"I would like to free you from fear."

"You are a slow learner, Winston."

"Humanity is the Party, and the Party is humanity."