Politics Quotes

"At this moment they still think of themselves as the servants of the state."

"The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed."

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel."

"The essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty."

"The Tree of Liberty has grown up so fast there is not time to clear the ground"

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."

"In the name of the Republic, in the name of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death."

"Business! Cried the King, Have they no king in France but a pack of howling wolves."

"Knitting is a dangerous occupation for the mind"

"Ambition and private interest have always been the ruin of states."

"One cannot always take sides with the right; one must sometimes take sides with the winning side."

"One can love one's people and one's country, yet hate the government that rules them."

"We Russians should never have taken up arms for the Polish question."

"Everything we know of history proves that revolutions cannot be made by reason alone."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

"Who decides what is important? The powerful, always."

"Even to understand the word 'politics' is to understand power."

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

"The masses never revolt. They don't even think the Party is unjust."

"The Party is not a creature of the past. It has no traditions, no customs, no code of conduct."

"That's a reactionary idea."

"The spiritual power of the church should be completely separated from the temporal power."

"Rebellion and revolution are the fruit of exhaustion and darkness."

"Stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability"

"The world is stable now"

"There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party."

"We exist to serve power, not for any purpose beyond power itself."

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

"Even to understand the word 'politics' is to understand power."

"I love Big Brother."