Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

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"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
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"The Party is not interested in perpetuating its blood but in perpetuating itself as such."
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"The Object of torture is torture. The Object of power is power."
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"We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us; so he resists us because we destroy him."
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"The Party is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power."
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"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?"
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"Do you see, Winston, that it is all a game? Mind control, it is all just a game."
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
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"Orderly, you are an orderly man."
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"Power is not a means, it is an end."
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"We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power."
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"Always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler."
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"Power is not a means; it is an end."
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."
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"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with wealth or comfort or health or happiness of human beings at all?"
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"The Party controls all records, and we control all memories."
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"How does one man assert his power over another? By making him suffer."
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"The key to power is the ability to control the definition of reality itself."
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"Do you begin to see, Winston, how important it is our monopoly on the past?"
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
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"The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."
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"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order? Do you see, that everything is all right?"
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"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing."
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
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"How does one man assert his power over another? By making him suffer."
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"The supremacy of the Party does not depend on force."
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"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
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"He loved Big Brother."
Winston Smith