Power Quotes

"He loved Big Brother."

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past"

"It is our custom to destroy all that is beautiful"

"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with wealth or comfort or happiness"

"How does one man assert his power over another? By making him suffer"

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"

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

"I love Big Brother."

"You do not give orders here. You obey orders."

"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"

"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."

"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? By making him suffer."

"Struggle against Big Brother is impossible."

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

"Sometimes they are five fingers, sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once."

"We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves."

"What you must understand is that we desire power not for its own sake, but as a means of imposing a desired order on the world."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all necessary?"

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

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

"He loved Big Brother."

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

"The Party is immortal and the individual is ephemeral."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"

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

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."

"You must learn to accept reality as the Party defines it."

"Rebellion is at the core of human nature; we must eliminate it."

"The Brotherhood does not exist in any concrete form; it exists only in the mind."

"We make people disappear and then deny they ever existed."