The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.
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About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card was a 20th-century American science fiction novelist. Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership