In 1984, Orwell has O'Brien tell Winston why the Party seeks power. He says that it seeks power simply for the sake of power.
O'Brien tells Winston that the Party is different from all the other people or groups who have tried to wield the same amount of power. He says that those others have always at least pretended that they wanted power for some other purpose. They would talk about wanting to help their people, things like that. By contrast, the Party is totally honest -- all they want is power for the sake of power.
Here is a quote that shows this. It is from Chapter 20.
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others ; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power.
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