United Kingdom

Once long another was a moment in Canadian politics when people suggested that too much ambition to wield power was a negative.

I recall Pierre Trudeau who was running at that time giving a speech in which he asked the question, "How much do I want to be Prime Minister? and answering it thusly:"Not very much." (Not sure I believed him but the thought lingered with me that in democracies that candidate who is primarily about advancing himself may be the worst choice for leader.

Perhaps we need to strive to find political candidates who are low on the personal ambition/self promotion/make my mark scales and high on the peace/justice/good government scales.

It is not what the president as an individual accomplishes in four or eight years but what we, as a people, are able to accomplish by the wise governance a president is able and willing to provide that is important.

No more would-be kings and would-be emperors.