“The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.”
1 POLITICS AND ISSUES, Rollback, p. 46
Dirty truths (1996), first edition
Context: Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.
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