1984

"They could not alter the past. Of all that mattered, the Party could alter nothing."

"Do you understand that even if we escape, they will catch us?"

"I love Big Brother."

"Sanity is not statistical."

"There is no escape. Nor is there any need of escape; you have simply failed to see that you are free."

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

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

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

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

"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 not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."

"We manufacture them. We bring them in through the back doors of the Ministry of Peace."

"We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."

"Each year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller."

"The more the Party is powerful, the less it tolerates opposition."

"You see, Winston, reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind."

"The best books, he perceived, are treasuries of disagreeable facts."

"The child nodded and then asked: 'This is a Newspeak word, isn't it?'"

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

"They can make you say anything. They can make you believe anything."

"Do you see how the Doctrine of Doublethink allows the Party to maintain dominance?"

"The Party wants power. It does not want riches or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power."

"He loved Big Brother."

"They can order you to commit suicide and you have to do it."

"The instrument was called the Reckonometer. He had invented it himself."

"The Party is not concerned with perceptions of reality. It is concerned with power over physical reality."

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."

"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 not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."

"We are not interested in those stupid crimes that you have committed. The Party is not interested in the overt act."