The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. […]
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 in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. …
I need to read that again. I haven’t read it in years.
I started “Camp of the Saints” the other day but I only got to chapter 17.
I got kind of obsessed with politics recently.
I’m afraid if I blink I’ll miss something.