Quotes – Page 2

Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflexion of the voice, at the most, an occasional whispered word.

Who controls the past controls the future

Who controls the present controls the past

When there were no external records that you could refer to, even the outline of your own life lost its sharpness.

Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever.

War is peace

Freedom is slavery

Ignorance is strength

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to be,

The last of life, for which the first was made...

It is not even for the Earthmen you fight, but for your own personal power. I see in you not a vision of a free Earth, but for a re-enslaved Earth. I see in you not the disruption of the Imperial power, but its replacement by a personal dictatorship.

Legal war? What is a legal war?

I can't help what flaws and follies lie at the roots of my subconscious

They don't want the truth; they want their traditions.

One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason.

It is very difficult to be sure of anything, once you begin doubting your memory on principle.