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"Every power is animated by the wish to be the only power, because in the nature
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of its being it deems itself absolute and consequently opposes any bar which
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reminds it of the limits of its influence. Power is active consciousness of
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authority. Like God, it cannot endure any other God beside it. This is the
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reason why a struggle for hegemony immediately breaks out as soon as different
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power groups appear together or have to keep inside of territories adjacent to
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one another. Once a state has attained the strength which permits it to make
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decisive use of its power it will not rest satisfied until it has achieved
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dominance over all neighbouring states and has subjected them to its will. While
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not yet strong enough for this it is willing to compromise, but as soon as it
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feels itself powerful it will not hesitate to use any means to extend its rule,
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for the will to power follows its own laws, which it may mask but can never
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deny."
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(Rudolf Rocker: Nationalism and Culture) |