“In order to be a part of the totalitarian mind-set, it is not necessary to wear a uniform or carry a club or a whip. It is only necessary to wish for your own subjection, and to delight in the subjection of others.”
Christopher Hitchens
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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