“Choose your leaders with
wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is
to be controlled by all
that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led by the
opportunists who
control the fool.
To be led by a thief is
to offer up your most
precious treasures
to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is
to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself
and those you love into slavery.”; Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents
