Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 182 | Every tyranny seeks to disarm those it rules, to better have them at its mercy. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 179 | "The state has power," I said, "and the ambitious, covetous, and unscrupulous seek power. |
| 1 | 180 | Thus they gravitate to the state. |
| 1 | 181 | They seek the state. |
| 1 | 182 | Every tyranny seeks to disarm those it rules, to better have them at its mercy. |
| 1 | 183 | Nothing is more clear. |
| 1 | 184 | They need only dissemble and lie, need only trick the populace. |
| 1 | 185 | They need only convince the ruled that being helpless is desirable, that it is in their own best interest, that a desire to protect oneself is benighted and shameful, an evidence of civic distrust, of moral ignorance and iniquity, even that an inability to defend oneself is rightfulness and salvation. |
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"The state has power," I said, "and the ambitious, covetous, and unscrupulous seek power.
Thus they gravitate to the state.
They seek the state.
Every tyranny seeks to disarm those it rules, to better have them at its mercy.
Nothing is more clear.
They need only dissemble and lie, need only trick the populace.
They need only convince the ruled that being helpless is desirable, that it is in their own best interest, that a desire to protect oneself is benighted and shameful, an evidence of civic distrust, of moral ignorance and iniquity, even that an inability to defend oneself is rightfulness and salvation.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 1)