Power Quotes

"We control life, Winston, at all its levels."

"By destroying words we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible."

"It is our custom to liquidate people who are no longer serviceable."

"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."

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"I have the power to break your heart if I choose."

"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down."

"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength."

"There is something in that crazedness that is fiery and mighty."

"Art thou not overpowering me, thou monomaniac!"

"This iron bonds all round; that is, if ye be all ready to chop that bond."

"I have a power over your heart and soul"

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

"It is the world that makes use of you, not you that make use of the world."

"I felt as if I held the thread of my destiny."

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee."

"What is the world but a stage for ambition and vengeance?"

"Behold, I am not! If that be thy sole objection, I may yet be of service."

"The tyrant grinds down his slaves with a heavy hand."

"The aristocracy trembles at the sound of marching feet"

"Swerve me? Ye cannot swerve me, else ye swerve yourselves!"

"Thou didst refuse to exert thy power to the fullest extent."

"There is another dreadfulness—I have a strange fancy that this scarlet letter gives me power."

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you."

"She had the power to make me feel both the greatest and least of men."

"I baptize thee not in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil"

"Forgiveness is a luxury I cannot afford."

"He tasks me; he heaps me."