Power Quotes

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

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

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

"He loved Big Brother."

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

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

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

"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."

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

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

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

"I love Big Brother."

"The Party control all records, and we control all memory."

"It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world."

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

"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."

"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."

"Always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler."

"Power is tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."

"We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them."

"Nothing was more important than the crushing of your human individuality."

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it."

"Our power is not based on our capacity to inflict pain. It is based on our capacity to inflict despair."

"To be a part of the system you must understand the system. To overthrow the system, you must become the system."

"Do you see, Winston, the purpose of power is power."

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

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

"The Party is immortal."

"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did not save yourself."