Del Rey Star Wars The Mask of Fear (Star Wars Reign of the Empire). Quotes

“Whether his advisor's policies had other merits, whether the bloody purge of the Jedi was somehow counterbalanced by the stabilization of interest rates in the Deep Core, and whether Palpatine himself believed in his promises of peace and the betterment of the galaxy, were irrelevant.

The acquisition of power was the solid thing. All else was shadow.”
― Alexander Freed, Del Rey Star Wars The Mask of Fear (Star Wars Reign of the Empire).