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Full Idea
Some govern out of pleasure in governing, others in order not to be governed - to the latter, governing is merely the lesser of two evils.
Gist of Idea
People govern for the pleasure of it, or just to avoid being governed
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 181)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.130
A Reaction
Our current society is full of self-employed people whose major motivation is to avoid being employees.