"No one believes more firmly than Comrade..." - Quote by George Orwell

“Preventive war is a crime not easily committed by a country that retains any traces of democracy.”

“The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense. Actually, the three philosophies are barely distinguishable.”

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”

“Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.”

“The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.”

“All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free”

“When people see opportunity, when they have a sense of control of their own destiny, then they're less vulnerable to the propaganda and twisted ideologies that have been attracting young people - particularly being turbocharged through social media.”

“Even if her children or grandchildren are willing to spend their own money to keep grandma alive, when bureaucrats control the necessary technology or medication they may decide that it is not for sale.”

“Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want”