1984

           ThePartyisnotconcernedwithperpetuatingitsbloodbutwithperpetuatingitself. WHOwieldspowerisnotimportant,providedthatthehierarchicalstructureremainsalwaysthesame. 

           Allthebeliefs,habits,tastes,emotions,mentalattitudesthatcharacterizeourtimearereallydesignedtosustainthemystiqueofthePartyandpreventthetruenatureofpresent-daysocietyfrombeingperceived. Physicalrebellion,oranypreliminarymovetowardsrebellion,isatpresentnotpossible. Fromtheproletariansnothingistobefeared. Lefttothemselves,theywillcontinuefromgenerationtogenerationandfromcenturytocentury,working,breeding,anddying,notonlywithoutanyimpulsetorebel,butwithoutthepowerofgraspingthattheworldcouldbeotherthanitis. Theycouldonlybecomedangerousiftheadvanceofindustrialtechniquemadeitnecessarytoeducatethemmorehighly; but,sincemilitaryandcommercialrivalryarenolongerimportant,thelevelofpopulareducationisactuallydeclining. Whatopinionsthemasseshold,ordonothold,islookedonasamatterofindifference. Theycanbegrantedintellectuallibertybecausetheyhavenointellect. InaPartymember,ontheotherhand,noteventhesmallestdeviationofopiniononthemostunimportantsubjectcanbetolerated. 

           APartymemberlivesfrombirthtodeathundertheeyeoftheThoughtPolice. Evenwhenheisalonehecanneverbesurethatheisalone. Whereverhemaybe,asleeporawake,workingorresting,inhisbathorinbed,hecanbeinspectedwithoutwarningandwithoutknowingthatheisbeinginspected. Nothingthathedoesisindifferent. Hisfriendships,hisrelaxations,hisbehaviourtowardshiswifeandchildren,theexpressionofhisfacewhenheisalone,thewordshemuttersinsleep,eventhecharacteristicmovementsofhisbody,arealljealouslyscrutinized.