To be president of the United States is to be the leader of the most powerful country on earth and therefore inevitably becomes a symbol and focus for those seeking raw power. In some ways, those who yearn to be president are to be most pitied to the extent that their ambition indicates a hapless addiction to power (and it's ironic source--a sad and overwhelming sense of paralysis). Rather than strength, their driving ambition shows huge frailty at the very core of character. One can yearn to be president to be a servant of the people, but we must beware (considering the glaring accoutrements of presidential power) that may well be the exceptional candidate.
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