Full Idea
The less keen the would-be rulers of a community are to rule, the better and less divided the administration of that community are bound to be.
Gist of Idea
Reluctant rulers make a better and more unified administration
Source
Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE], 520d)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.248