1984 George Orwell Dictatorship Quotes

The Unending Reign
George Orwell once said, “Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship” (217). This quote talks about how dictatorships are created by a means of revolutions. The Party rises to power by surpassing a former governmental system with their own revolution of Ingsoc and ultimately establishing a “dictatorship.” In George Orwell’s 1984 the reign of the Party by means of intense surveillance, restricting human rights, and ingenious psychological manipulatory actions suggests that freedom cannot be attainable in such a dystopia.
The Party’s renowned motto throughout the novel “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS
The following quote appears numerous times throughout the novel regarding the violation of privacy, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 5). Big Brother is supposedly the figurehead of the Party, however, nobody knows for sure if he even exists. There are posters of Big Brother’s face sprawled throughout the proles’ neighborhoods, to remind citizens that they are indeed being watched in so many different ways. One of the ways in which citizens are monitored in their homes is through telescreens. This quote describes how Tod viewed telescreens, “… every room is equipped with a two-way television by means of which the police may tune in to any conversation anywhere” (150). As the previous quote suggests, telescreens are essentially security cameras in the citizens’ homes. This, in turn, is a blatant attack on one’s privacy. The Party wants to have complete control of their citizens and know what they are doing and saying at all times but to be especially sure whether or not they commit
The Nazis along with Soviet Russia were notoriously known for the spreading of their political ideologies. The Soviets were known for their firm belief in Communism led by Joseph Stalin, while the Nazis were more known for their autocratic views and praising of Adolf Hitler. In the novel, the Party clearly represents these two notorious government systems through their belief in totalitarianism. All three governments had a totalitarianism style to them. Not only did Orwell write to warn of types of governments that could develop, but also the fact that new innovations in technology could potentially be detrimental to societies, especially in the novel by the use of telescreens. Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Einstein implies that technology has taken over our lives, similarly to how the telescreen in the novel literally took over citizens’ lives through constant propaganda they were forced to listen