“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”

“All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes. ”

“That the Party did not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority. That it sought power because men in the mass were frail cowardly creatures who could not endure liberty or face the truth, and must be ruled over and systematically deceived by others who were stronger than themselves. That the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better.”

“Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same.”

“There was no boss-class, no menial-class, no beggars, no prostitutes, no lawyers, no priests, no boot-licking, no cap-touching.”

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”

“No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred.”