7 Quotes from George Orwell's 1984

By Afiur
December 19, 2025

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past”

The quote highlights how the Party can manipulate historical records.

Many authorities in the past have aimed to rewrite history and delete truth.

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”

These paradoxical slogans of the Party illustrate the power of accepting contradictory ideas.

Orwell tries to convey how the Party twists language and logic to control thoughts.

“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them”

This quote shows how the Party over time trains people to ignore logical reasoning.

Doublethink breaks independent ideologies and thoughts, making people used to subjugation.

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing”

The quote focuses on Party’s use of psychological manipulation to control behaviours

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness”

The line explains protagonist Winston’s hope for truth and freedom against Party lies.

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four”

It focuses on expression of intellectual freedom and objectivity.

“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them”

The quote highlights Party’s psychological breaking of individuals and turning them into loyal subjects.

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