Dialectical Journals: 1989 By: George Orwell

"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" pg. 14
They are the Party slogans, and are written in big letters on the white pyramid of the Ministry of Truth.

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
The people controlling the present control everything and can ultimately change the past and, therefore; the future. Big brother controls the present. The slogan is an example of the Party's technique of using false history to deteriorate the psychological independence of its people.

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."
This quote adds to the motif/ theme about psychological freedom and independence.

"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 that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience,......

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