If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.

The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental , nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink

She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.

Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist

It was soon noticed that when ever there was work to be done the cat could never be found.