one man must always have power over the other. The mischief is merely that each one has much too much power.
 Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1929). copy citation

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Author Erich Maria Remarque
Source All Quiet on the Western Front
Topic power mischief
Date 1929
Language English
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Note Translated by A. W. Wheen
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