Merissa

“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 the summary of the summary: people are a problem.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.”
― Benjamin Rush