1984
Quotes from 1984
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"Do you understand that even if we escape them, we are doomed?"Julia Hope
"He loved Big Brother."Winston Smith Politics
"The proles are human beings and when once they are dead they are dead."Winston Smith Death
"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? By making him suffer."O'Brien Power
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."O'Brien Politics
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."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
"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"O'Brien Power
"Obedience is not enough. You must love Big Brother."O'Brien Politics
"I know you. I know you inside out."O'Brien
"You will never see me again. If you do see me, it will not be I."O'Brien
"Your mind contains encrypted messages."O'Brien Truth
"I shall see you again. I am sure of it."Julia Relationships
"The past is already gone. The future has not happened. There is only the present instant."O'Brien Time
"We are the guardians of human rationality."O'Brien Philosophy
"You do not give orders here. You obey orders."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien Politics
"I love Big Brother."Winston Smith Power
"Mother is gone. I have no way of knowing what happened to her."Winston Smith Family
"The whole aim of Newspeak is to make thoughtcrime literally impossible."Syme
"Probably we are disturbing the children. We had better go back."Julia Relationships
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."O'Brien Philosophy
"Always day, always the helicopters overhead."Winston Smith Fear
"We are the dead. We belong here."Winston Smith Death
"Do you see any way out of our predicament?"Winston Smith Hope
"The Party intends always to be in a state of cold war with Eurasia and Eastasia."Goldstein War
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel."Goldstein Politics
"How could you make a speech condemning Goldstein if you had never heard of him until this moment?"Syme Truth
"Power is not a means; it is an end."O'Brien Power
"The three superstates are in permanent conflict, and permanently allied."Goldstein War