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To make the destiny of all the men women and children in any land depend on the whim of a single individual who has shown no sign of special fitness for such responsibility, no moral or mental superiority, no administrative skill or personal courage, is to combine folly with injustice. A would-be ruler--be he king or commoner--must prove his worth or go.

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 2 : Living in The World > # 549