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Orwell

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Power Is An End

May 7, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1216 Views torture, Power, 1984, Orwell, Persecution
This entry is part 24 of 36 in the series Deep Thoughts

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 to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. –Orwell, 1984

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