Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Snowball is the cause of every misfortune."Squealer
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing"Old Major
"Snowball is a traitor"Napoleon
"Four legs good, two legs bad"Squealer
"Four legs good, two legs bad."Squealer
"Snowball had secretly worked with Jones all along!"Squealer
"Frederick and Pilkington were secret enemies of Animalism."Squealer
"All that we do, we do for Animalism."Squealer
"Some pigs are more equal than others in their thinking"Squealer
"Perhaps that's his greatest achievement—his ability to make us accept it."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The Republic of Gilead, I said. And felt, rather than heard, a kind of silence, like static."Offred
"The republic of Gilead, I said, was founded on a fantasy."Offred
"The war cannot be fought by women."The Commander
"I do not know if the world knows the meaning of democracy."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Society demands that I deny my own reality."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"We are two-legged wombs, that's all: conscious entities squirting out a new generation for the State."Janine
"Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some."Serena Joy
"Illusion is the very essence of politics."Brother Jack
"America denies what is."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Politics is a thing that has to be done."Brother Jack
"To refuse to participate is to fail to help create a new society."Brother Jack
"Better never means better for everyone, it always means worse, for some."Serena Joy
"Better never means better for everyone, it always means worse, for some"Offred
"The regime is not one thing, it is thousands of things"Offred
"The Handmaids are the only ones left who can reproduce"The Commander
"A woman's place is in the home."Rasheed
"You see how she is? This is what happens when women are taught to think."Rasheed
"Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for some."Serena Joy
"Society's rules are designed to protect its own order, not its people."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Culture and custom have the power to destroy individuals."The Narrator (omniscient)