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“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 torture is torture. The object of power is power.”
— Jul 26, 2026 06:31AM
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S.E. Sonder
is on page 184 of 368
“…practices which had been long abandoned, in some cases for hundreds of years—imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions, the use of hostages and the deportation of whole populations—not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.”
— Jul 25, 2026 03:48PM
S.E. Sonder
is on page 157 of 368
“We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone.”
— Jul 25, 2026 02:11PM
S.E. Sonder
is on page 137 of 368
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which Party is always right.”
— Jul 25, 2026 01:38PM
S.E. Sonder
is on page 71 of 368
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— Jul 23, 2026 04:24PM