to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought disgraceful. But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.
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ὁ ἀληθῶς δίκαιος οὐκ ἂν ἴσως ἐθελήσειε πολιτεύεσθαι, ἐὰν μή τις αὐτὸν ἀναγκάσῃ, οὐ τιμῆς οὐδὲ δόξης ἕνεκα, ἀλλ’ ὡς οὐκ ἔστι μὴ πολιτευομένῳ μὴ ὑπὸ χείρονος ἄρχεσθαι.