Quotes from 1984 portraying the oppressive presence of Big Brother
Big Brother is watching you.
Freedom is the ability to say two plus two equals four.
In the face of danger, truth is the first casualty.
Doublethink is the art of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously.
War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.
Power is not a means; it is an end.
Reality is not external, but rather, in the human mind.
The proles are the only hope for the future.
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake.
The future is a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime is death.
Sanity is not statistical.
The essence of power is control.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.
Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
The past is whatever the documents and the Party says it is.
War is a way of shattering and then reshaping society.
It is not enough to obey Big Brother; one must love Big Brother.
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes.
He who controls the past controls the future.
Ignorance is the strength that keeps society in check.
War is a necessary distraction for the masses.
History is merely a set of lies agreed upon by the Party.
Thoughts are the only thing we have left that cannot be controlled.
Reality is not an objective fact, but a subjective construction.
Freedom is the ability to question and challenge authority.
The illusion of progress serves to keep people content and complacent.
Control is the ultimate goal of the Party.
The masses are easily manipulated through fear and propaganda.
Believing the lies of the Party is a form of self-preservation.
The Party’s power is derived from the suppression of individuality.
Truth is a dangerous concept in a world of deception.
The Party thrives on the suppression of love and humanity.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
The Party controls not only the present and the future, but also the past.
The state of mind of the Party is doublethink.
The Party seeks to control not only actions, but also thoughts.
Reality is what the Party wants it to be.
The destruction of language is the destruction of thought.
Power is the ability to control perception.
Freedom is the absence of fear.
In a world of lies, the truth is a revolutionary act.
The Party seeks to create a world in which nothing is true.
War serves as a distraction from the true intentions of the Party.
The mind of the Party is a twisted labyrinth of deception.
The Party’s power is derived from the ignorance and apathy of the masses.
The Party relies on the manipulation of history to control the present.
Reality is a construct maintained by the Party for their own benefit.
The Party aims to eradicate individuality and create a uniform mass.
Love is the ultimate act of rebellion and resistance against the Party.