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Don DeLillo

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

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When people lack power, they often express their frustration through visible, public acts of violence. This behavior serves as a way to draw attention to their helplessness and make their suffering known.

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Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Character is power.

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