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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

In my case, I got hit a lot by bullies when I was a child, and so I naturally bristle against anybody who abuses power. And that seems to make me rather persistent when it comes to exposing the abuse of power.

There are people who have comfortable relationships with power and people with natural antagonism to power. I think it's easy to guess where I am in that.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.

If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.

I like people. That's me. I like people on the street, and I also happen to like other people who have power. But I'll go to a party and realise I haven't spoken to anybody who can do anything for me.

I'm fascinated by power, by those that can be publicly generous and privately ruthless.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.