Power Quotes

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

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

"Reality control does not require a change of heart."

"We need not worry about you. We shall cure you."

"Victory over oneself is the only victory that matters."

"The Party demands total acceptance or total rejection of its authority."

"That's the way this place works - they got you where they want you"

"Catch-22 says I can do anything I want to do, as long as I fill out the proper forms."

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

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

"The Party is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power."

"Conditioning is the only method of really ruling people."

"All that matters is the force of the will"

"You're thinking of it wrong. It ain't about being sane or insane. It's about who's running the show."

"She's been breaking men's spirits long before I got here."

"Card games and bets—that's where real power shows itself."

"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"

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

"The masses never will revolt, and they never can revolt because they are powerless"

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

"What are the three principles by which the Party maintains control? Power, deception, and the elimination of hope"

"The solution to all political problems was the application of pain and fear"

"The Combine is real. It's a huge organization that aims to adjust the Outside as well as she has the Inside."

"A man that won't go along gets along nowhere."

"The shock shop and medication—that's what really cures."

"The medication keeps us docile."

"The Combine is real. It's a very real thing."

"The Nurse runs everything like clockwork."

"She's destroyed him completely."