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• There is no freedom without the power to defend it.
• There is no power without arrogance, however subtle.
• Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.
  -- George Orwell (1903-1950), "Shooting an Elephant", 1950...
• George Orwell was an optimist.
• Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)...