1. The Party doesn't serve the people, it serves itself. You are being made into obedient, stupid slaves of the Party.
The Party will not serve the people, it will only serve itself. You are being domesticated by the party into submissive, stupid slaves.
2. It's not just staying alive. lt's staying human that's important.
The important thing is not just to live, but to live like a human being.
3. About the "hierarchical society"
A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance.
ln principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation to keep the very structure of society intact.
4. About "Power"
How does one man assert power over another? By making him suffer.
How does one maintain power over another? make another person suffer.
Obedience is not enough. Power is inflicting pain and humiliation. Otherwise, you cannot be sure.
Obedience is not enough. Power is to inflict pain and humiliation. Otherwise, you are not sure about having power.
Power is tearing human minds apart and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.
Power is about smashing his mind and then reshaping yours to him.
Power is not a means, it is an end.
Power is not a means, it is an end.
5. About our "Utopia"
ln our world, there will only be triumph and self-abasement.
In our world, there is only conquest and submission.
There is no loyalty, except loyalty to the Party. There is no love, except love of Big Brother.
No loyalty, except loyalty to the party; no love, except for Big Brother.
lf you want a vision of the future, imagine... a boot stamping on a human face forever.
If you want to know what the future will look like, think of it this way, a boot is always on a person's face.
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