

The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement the next of its dignity and sanctity. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. The effects are apparent in many countries. “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The object of persecution is persecution. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

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They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are not interested in the good of others we are interested solely in power, pure power. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. “Now I will tell you the answer to my question.
