We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquish…

George Orwell
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We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. ✨ George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). Animal Farm and 1984, p.354, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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