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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A state in which all executive, legislative, and judicial powers are centrally controlled by one person or by a collective; where there is usually only one political party, the ruling party; where personal and political rights and liberties of the individual are subjected to limitations as determined by the authority of the governing instrument (the government) within the state; where the maximum of efficiency and the minimum of waste is demanded and backed by laws; where the dignity and the worth of the individual is determined by the governing agent or agents (the party and the government); and where the interest of the state is paramount and the interest of the individual person is secondary. Totalitarianism is a characteristic mode of rule under Communism, Fascism, Nazism, or Caesarism.  1, record 1, English, - totalitarian%20state

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] l'État totalitaire est donc non seulement omnipotent et omniprésent, mais encore, - pis que tout le reste - omniscient : son œil voit tout, ou presque; aussi bien doit-il sur ce point [...] se faire aider par ses polices en uniforme et ses polices «en bourgeois». Cette aide indispensable, le pouvoir policier le fait payer cher à l'État totalitaire, au point que ce 4e pouvoir devient bientôt, à lui seul l'exécutif, le législatif et même le judiciaire.  1, record 1, French, - %C3%89tat%20totalitaire

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish