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Originally Posted by troopie
Was it Socrates who said: any men smart enough to be real leaders would be smart enough to know not to?
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Maybe, maybe not, but John Adams definitely said what I quote in my signature:
"Public business must always be done by somebody.
It will be done by somebody or other.
If wise men decline, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not."
- John Adams
That means if the "smart" men that Socrates is talking about it don't step up then some idiot will take their place.