To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize
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One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them: It is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.
There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.