It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity. (Gilles Deleuze)

It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity.

Gilles Deleuze

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