1984

"It is our custom to destroy documents, to rewrite records, to tamper with the written word."

"The past is dead. The future does not exist. There is only the present moment of the Party's victory."

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

"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"

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

"We make people disappear and then deny they ever existed."

"To understand the present, one must rewrite the past."

"I accept this; there is no other way."

"The alphabet will be reduced until thought becomes impossible."

"In the face of pain, there is no heroism, only surrender."

"Rats represent the worst form of betrayal and fear for the human soul."

"The purpose of persecution is punishment; the purpose of punishment is pain."

"The Brotherhood does not exist in any concrete form; it exists only in the mind."

"I am the last man who cares about objective truth."

"Rebellion is at the core of human nature; we must eliminate it."

"Language serves only to express complex thoughts as simple absolutes."

"The lower classes will accept serfdom if they are granted material sufficiency and entertainment."

"I do not wish to know whether I shall live or die."

"Memory is a weapon we must control in order to control the present."

"You must learn to accept reality as the Party defines it."

"Reality control is the ability to control not just events but facts themselves."

"He loved Big Brother."

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."

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

"Ingsoc, the principles of which are set out in the Book, really means doing the opposite of what it says."

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

"We are the dead. Our time is finished."

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

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"

"The Party has no interest in the overt act: only in the thought."