And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

The cat joined the Re-education Committee and was very active in it for some days. She was seen one dag sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her reach. She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance.

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?

Do you remember writing in your diary," he said, "that it did not matter whether I was a friend or an enemy, since I was at least a person who understood you and could be talked to? You were right. I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.