Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Paint and dressing and stalking and the hunt."Jack Merridew
"The choir belongs to me."Jack Merridew
"The hunters will provide."Jack Merridew
"The island is ours."Jack Merridew
"Surely you do not imagine that we pigs"Squealer
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."O'Brien
"You must love Big Brother."Big Brother
"I love Big Brother."Winston Smith
"Power is not a means, it is an end."O'Brien
"We shall take fire from the forest."Jack Merridew
"What's the conch got to do with it? We've got to decide on hunters."Jack Merridew
"The horror! The horror!"Kurtz
"Exterminate all the brutes!"Kurtz
"He had the power to charm or frighten rudimentary souls."Marlow
"The man had emerged from the wreck—emerged greatly in his unprincipled craving."Marlow
"The company trades in ivory, but really in power."Marlow
"The horror has a face, and it is beautiful."Kurtz
"Power belongs to those who believe in themselves"Napoleon Bonaparte
"Bologna conquers the world."Milo Minderbinder
"Power is not a means; it is an end."O'Brien
"Do you see, Winston, that power is not concerned with comfort? Power is concerned with power."O'Brien
"The Party wants you to feel that you are helpless against your oppressors."O'Brien
"We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back."O'Brien
"The purpose of persecution is persecution."O'Brien
"I'm part of the rule now."Jack Merridew
"The mask is a thing on its own."Jack Merridew
"I could blow this and make a sound."Ralph
"The conch doesn't count on this end of the island."Jack Merridew
"There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems."Squealer
"The conquest of the earth is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much"Marlow