Psychological coercion and manipulation

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“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make the claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 7

“Two plus two equals five.”

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“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” (Winston)

Part 2,

Chapter 9

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.” (O’Brien)

Part 3,

Chapter 2

“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.” (O’Brien)

Part 3,

Chapter 2

“You are a difficult case. But don’t give up help. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you.” (O’Brien)

Part 3,

Chapter 3

“And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true.” (Winston)

Part 3,

Chapter 6

“Gin-scented tears” (Winston)

Part 3,

Chapter 6

“He loved Big Brother!” (Winston)

Part 3,

Chapter 6