"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" (313)
This quote is very import and I believe it perfectly encapsulates the main idea that the book is based off of. To control the past and dictate what happened is to control how people will act in the future. We ten to make a lot of our decisions based on past events but if that is being controlled then the future can be controlled greatly. To control the present is in reverse reinstating the first part of the quote. To control what people do in the very moment means you are building a past for them to reflect on and refer back to to make decisions.