[Olog-hai]

Why does Orwell seem more apt than Coelho, to my mind?

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.

[cornelis]

Interesting citation.

Your headline "The President just made that up" reminded me of something Carry_Okie made up. Dishonesty is moving in like a London fog that won't lift.

[GOPJ]

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.

For all those who innocently ask "why?"...