Plato says somewhere in his "Republic" that things will go wellonly when those men shall govern the state who do not desire togovern. The idea is probably that, assuming the necessary capability,a man's reluctance to govern affords a good guarantee that hewill govern well and efficiently; whereas a man desirous ofgoverning may very easily either abuse his power and becomea tyrant, or by his desire to govern be brought into an unforeseensituation of dependence on the people he is to rule, so thathis government really becomes an illusion.