Quote of the day by George Orwell: Power can start with promises of change, protection or a better future. But what happens when gaining power is no longer a means to achieve something else, and instead becomes the goal itself? George Orwell explored that unsettling idea in his famous dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, where political control is taken to its most extreme form. One of the book’s most striking lines comes during a conversation between Winston Smith and O’Brien, a member of the ruling Party. O’Brien explains that the Party does not seek power simply to accomplish another political objective. It wants power because controlling others is the objective.
