First, given the existence of a powerful government, the people who are most likely to wind up in control of that government are those who (a) have the greatest drive for power, (b) have the skills needed for seizing it (for example, the ability to intimidate or manipulate others), and (c) are unperturbed by moral compunctions about doing what is required to seize power. These individuals are not in the game for the money. They are in it for the pleasure of exercising power.
– Professor Michael Huemer, (Ph.D. Philosophy) author of “The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey”
(H/T: Café Hayek)
