“I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office.”– Thomas Jefferson Related Quotes “It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor as such differences become less, it grows feeble and when they disappear, it will vanish too.”– Alexis de Tocqueville “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”“- Martin Luther King, Jr.” “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson