We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party, and that you are involved in it. We want to join it and work for it. We are enemies of the Party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc. We are thought-criminals. We are also adulterers. I tell you this because we want to put ourselves at your mercy. If you want us to incriminate ourselves in any other way, we are ready.
– George Orwell
1984. Part 2, Chapter 8. Winston to O’Brien, when he and Julia are invited to O’Brien’s apartment. The couple declare their opposition to the Party and try to join the rebel Brotherhood, wrongly believing O’Brien to be a member of it. O’Brien is actually an agent for the Thought Police.