Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

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