January 23, 2025

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970), French statesman and general, The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.62

Can you imagine le grand Charles posing as a servant?

And well the politician should pose, since she is asking the electorate to put her in their place in the corridors of power. The problem is when she forgets he really is their servant, or worse, when she serves some and not others.