Power Quotes

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

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

"The Party is not concerned with obeying orders. It is concerned with power."

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

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

"We make the laws of nature."

"Your mind belongs to the Party now. You will think as we think."

"It is power at its finest—total and complete."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order? Do you see, that you have had the whole world in your head?"

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

"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in."

"We love Big Brother."

"If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?"

"We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you up. You have ceased to be human."

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

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

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

"Do you understand that even if he escapes us, we shall catch him all the same?"

"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order? Do you see that you have no alternative?"

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

"You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves."

"We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you."

"The Party controls all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?"

"But always—do not forget this, Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power."

"The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."

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

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

"Do anything, but do not come down on the wrong side of the fence."

"The Party wants power over not just the world, but over the very nature of reality itself."

"Humanity is the Party, and the Party is humanity."