Winston Smith quotes

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.

If there is hope, it lies in the proles.

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already.

Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.

In the face of pain there are no heroes.