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「youarerulingoverusforourowngood，」hesaidfeebly。「youbelievethathumanbeingsarenotfittogovernthemselves，andtherefore—」

hestartedandalmostcriedout。apangofpainhadshotthroughhisbody。o』brienhadpushedtheleverofthedialuptothirty-five。

「thatwasstupid，winston，stupid！」hesaid。「youshouldknowbetterthantosayathinglikethat。」

hepulledtheleverbackandcontinued：

「nowiwilltellyoutheanswertomyquestion。itisthis。thepartyseekspowerentirelyforitsownsake。wearenotinterestedinthegoodofothers；weareinterestedsolelyinpower。notwealthorluxuryorlonglifeorhappiness：onlypower，purepower。whatpurepowermeansyouwillunderstandpresently。wearedifferentfromalltheoligarchiesofthepast，inthatweknowwhatwearedoing。alltheothers，eventhosewhoresembledourselves，were-cowardsandhypocrites。thegermannazisandtherussiancommunistscameveryclosetousintheirmethods，buttheyneverhadthecouragetorecognizetheirownmotives。theypretended，perhapstheyevenbelieved，thattheyhadseizedpowerunwillinglyandforalimitedtime，andthatjustroundthecornertherelayaparadisewherehumanbeingswouldbefreeandequal。wearenotlikethat。weknowthatnooneeverseizespowerwiththeintentionofrelinquishingit。powerisnotameans，itisanend。onedoesnotestablishadictatorshipinordertosafeguardarevolution；onemakestherevolutioninordertoestablishthedictatorship。theobjectofpersecutionispersecution。theobjectoftortureistorture。theobjectofpowerispower。nowdoyoubegintounderstandme？」