“Power is habit-forming. We grew addicted to it. Few things survive the centuries’ slow decay: senses grow dull; passions grow weak; and ideals die. Only the taste for power lives on as an excuse for survival.”

—  Jack Williamson, book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), Chapter 20, “Prime Mover” (p. 275)

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American science fiction writer 1908–2006

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