Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Why are they going to disappear him?"Yossarian
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."O'Brien
"All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny."Mustapha Mond
"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."O'Brien
"Betrayal is the highest form of loyalty to the Party."O'Brien
"The government should be run by volunteers. There should be no politicians."Eliot Rosewater
"The Party intends that when it is finished, loyalty will be impossible."O'Brien
"You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices"Mustapha Mond
"The real problem was with the system."Yossarian
"It is our custom to execute people who are dying of cancer."Syme
"We sacrifice the freedom of individuals for the good of the whole."Mustapha Mond
"Isn't it nice to think how the all-American culture is going to fight the world?"Captain Beatty
"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one."Captain Beatty
"But you can't prove it's a democracy when it's one party."Clarisse McClellan
"Rebellion means a man thinks he can do something by himself."O'Brien
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien
"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself."O'Brien
"They are all ours, but in a year or two they could become dangerous."O'Brien
"The revolution is betrayed"Snowball
"The principles of Animalism are in danger"Squealer
"The country is in peril; I'm patriotic."Milo Minderbinder
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."Big Brother
"Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter."O'Brien
"The party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about."O'Brien
"Four legs good, two legs bad."Squealer
"Between pigs and human beings there was not, and there need not be, any conflict of interest."Squealer
"Pigs are naturally suited to be leaders."Squealer
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."O'Brien
"The Party is not concerned with the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien
"I love Big Brother."Winston Smith