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Power Is An End

May 7, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1339 Views torture, Power, 1984, Orwell, Persecution
This entry is 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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