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is a thing which only those who do not seek are qualified to hold.

Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. (plato)

is the right to make laws with penalties of death (and lesser penalties) for the purpose of the protection of property.

political power, then, i take to be a right of making laws with penalties of death and, consequently, all less penalties for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the defense of the commonwealth from foreign injury, and all this only for the public good.' page 122.

is, when acquired in the name of some threat, always extended beyond its original application, beyond its original justification.

It is simply an invariable truth in the history of politics, in the history of government, that whenever a new power is acquired in the name of some threat, it always not sometimes, not often, not usually -it always extends beyond its original application, beyond its original justification. Glenn Greenwald

is dependent on military power --- political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

 always comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.

All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.

is merely the organized power of one class to oppress another.

Political power is merely the organized power of one class to oppress another.

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