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The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: Not the chance to serve.

Author Greg RavenPosted on November 30, 2015January 11, 2020Format QuoteCategories demagoguesTags H. L. Mencken

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