We have a scanty notion of justice and the obligations of rule involve little more than inventing new terrors by which we may cow and control others.… - Michael Moorcock

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We have a scanty notion of justice and the obligations of rule involve little more than inventing new terrors by which we may cow and control others. Power, I think, is a habit as terrible as the potion I must now sip in order to sustain myself. It feeds upon itself. It is a hungry beast, devouring those who would possess it and those who hate it—devouring even those who own it.

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About Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is a prolific British writer and editor, long known for his SF and fantasy works and now also for literary novels.

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Birth Name: Michael John Moorcock
Alternative Names: Bill Barclay William Ewert Barclay Edward P. Bradbury James Colvin Warwick Colvin, Jr. Philip James Hank Janson Desmond Reid Michael Barrington
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I felt sorry for him at that moment. He only wanted what every man wanted—freedom from fear, a chance to raise children with a reasonable certainty that they would be allowed to do the same, a chance to look forward to the future without the knowledge that any plans made might be wrecked forever by some sudden act of violence.

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