“We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. 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 terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”
― 1984
― 1984
“ثلاث من الفواقر "الدواهي" : جار مقامة إن رأى حسنة سترها وإن رأى سيئة أذاعها ,وإمرأة إن دخلت عليها لسنتك "تناولتك باللسان" وإن غبت عنها لم تأمنها ,وسلطان إن أحسنت لم يحمدك وإن أسأت قتلك ”
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“Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.”
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