The individual vs. the collective

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Part/ Chapter

“To mark the paper was a decisive act.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 1

“Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 2

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 2

“Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think.

Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” (Syme)

Part 1,

Chapter 5

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 7

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 7

“Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with wild hope.” (Winston)

Part 2,

Chapter 2

“In this room I’m going to be a woman, not a Party comrade.” (Julia)

Part 2,

Chapter 4

“If you can feel that staying human is worthwhile, even when it can’t have any result whatever, you’ve beaten them.” (Winston)

Part 2,

Chapter 7

“Sanity is not statistical.” (Winston)

Part 2,

Chapter 9

“The command of the old despotisms was “Thou shalt not.” The command of the totalitarians was “Thou shalt”.

Our command is “Thou art”.” (O’Brien)

Part 3,

Chapter 2

“But if he can make complete, utter submission, if he can escape from his identity, if he can merge himself in the Party so that he is the Party, then he is all-powerful and immortal.” (O’Brien)

Part 3,

Chapter 3

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” (Winston)

Part 3,

Chapter 4