“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.” HumanityPowerHumilityDeceitServiceRulersFalsehoodGospelEliteFalse ProphetsProselytizingAnointedMessiahs Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” PoliticsDemocracyVotingPredictionsElitistElitismMeritocracyEliteVoter Book:On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe Source: On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe