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Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
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Opinion Journalist
Science Fiction Writer
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Curt Vile
Jill de Ray
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The Original Writer
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