1984

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Quotes from 1984

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"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter."
O'Brien
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"Do you understand that you will never see me again after this moment?"
O'Brien
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Winston Smith Death
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"The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."
O'Brien Power
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"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
Winston Smith Hope
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"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
O'Brien
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"Do you see, Winston, that this is not merely a political doctrine, but a claim about objective reality?"
O'Brien Truth
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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 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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"The Party exists to provide a framework of understanding by which the world can be made comprehensible."
O'Brien Philosophy
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"Do you begin to see, Winston, how important it is our monopoly on the past?"
O'Brien Power
O
"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter: only feelings matter."
O'Brien Philosophy
O
"We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them."
O'Brien Politics
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"The key to power is the ability to control the definition of reality itself."
O'Brien Power
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"How does one man assert his power over another? By making him suffer."
O'Brien Power
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"I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY."
Winston Smith Wisdom
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"Rebellion means a man can do as he chooses, can express his thoughts freely, can love whom he chooses, can live his own life."
Winston Smith Freedom
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Winston Smith Death
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"The Party controls all records, and we control all memories."
O'Brien Power
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"Two and two make four, and no power on earth could change it."
Winston Smith Truth
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"Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me!"
Winston Smith Fear
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"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
O'Brien Hope
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"Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."
Winston Smith Wisdom
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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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"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with wealth or comfort or health or happiness of human beings at all?"
O'Brien Power
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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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."
O'Brien Power
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"Power is not a means; it is an end."
O'Brien Power
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"The Brotherhood has never existed."
O'Brien Truth
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Julia Death