"My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable."

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The tension between the governed and the governing is what makes the world go 'round. It's not love, it's that tension, because that tension exists in love affairs. The whole idea of control is at the heart of human relationships. Control and resistance to control.

— William Safire