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.
 Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game (1985). copy citation

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Author Orson Scott Card
Source Ender's Game
Topic pain power
Date 1985
Language English
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