 The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn't have it. And anybody who does not want an office badly enought to run for it probably shouldn't have it, either. Government office should be received like a child's Christmas present, with surprise and delight. Instead it is usually received like a diploma, an anticlimax that never seems worth the struggle to earn it.
Orson Scott Card
Empire
Augustus didn't pave the way for Nero and other tyrants. Instead, he built an empire that would endure their coming.
Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Giant
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