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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?」