We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.

Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.

When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.