1984

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

"It is our custom to destroy documents at regular intervals to keep our records up to date."

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

"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 useless?"

"But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power."

"The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia. He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as recently as four years ago."

"Perhaps a man really is only born at the time of his death; certainly we know nothing about the days before we were conscious."

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

"I hate purity. I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones."

"The Party is immortal; you are not immortal. The Party is all-powerful; you are entirely powerless."

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

"There is some sort of conspiracy that I am not aware of."

"If you have ever cherished any love for a human being, you must not see her again. She is corrupt."

"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness. For the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."

"It is intolerable to be ruled by inferior beings, by creatures inferior to oneself in every way."

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."

"We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future."

"The proles are human beings and for that reason, in a sense that [the Party members] are not, they are immortal."

"Do not trust him. He is a friend of Big Brother."

"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. WHO wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same."

"Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship."

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

"The best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts, which record the thoughts of the great and the good."

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

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

"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."

"He loved Big Brother."

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