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victor had to of necessity ask the aid of ‘Capital’ which ‘Is entirely in
our hands’. 4. He argued that the use of any and all means to reach
their final goal was justified on the grounds that the ruler who governed
by the moral code was not a skilled politician because he left himself
vulnerable and in an unstable position. 5. He asserted that ‘Our right
lies in force. The word RIGHT is an abstract thought and proves nothing.
I find a new RIGHT... to attack by the Right of the Strong, to reconstruct
all existing institutions, and to become the sovereign Lord of all those
who left to us the Rights to their powers by laying them down to us in
their liberalism. 6. The power of our resources must remain invisible until
the very moment when it has gained such
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strength that no cunning or force can undermine it. He went on to
outline twenty-five points. Number 8 dealt with the use of alcoholic
liquors, drugs, moral corruption, and all vice to systematically corrupt
youth of all nations. 9. They had the right to seize property by any
means, and without hesitation, if by doing so they secured submission
and sovereignty. 10. We were the first to put the slogans Liberty,
Equality, and Fraternity into the mouths of the masses, which set up a
new aristocracy. The qualification for this aristocracy is WEALTH which is
dependent on us. 11. Wars should be directed so that the nations
engaged on both sides should be further in our debt. 12. Candidates
for public office should be servile and obedient to our commands, so
that they may readily be used. 13. Propaganda--their combined
wealth would control all outlets of public information. 14. Panics and