Power Quotes

"She runs this ward like a tight ship, and we're all her prisoners."

"She has a way of making you feel small and worthless with just a look."

"The system breaks men down piece by piece until nothing remains."

"The Big Nurse's reign was built on our silence and compliance."

"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."

"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did not save yourself. I did not save you. We did not save you."

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

"Pain is always present as the ruling force of existence. The only escape is into compliance."

"It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it may be."

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

"The Party is not concerned with the overt act: the thought is all we care about."

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

"He loved Big Brother."

"I'm the censor. It's my job to censor the letters."

"Power is not given to you so you can take from others. It is given so you can give."

"I am the most powerful man in the world"

"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; we are interested solely in power."

"It is intolerable to be ruled by inferior beings, by creatures inferior to oneself in every way."

"The Party is immortal; you are not immortal. The Party is all-powerful; you are entirely powerless."

"I hate purity. I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones."

"We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power."

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

"Stability isn't merely an dream, and under perfect conditions total stability could conceivably be achieved."

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

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

"Sadism is not possible without an audience."

"In the end, the Party will teach you to betray what you love most."