Rulers

"A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors. The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. Who wields the power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same."

- George Orwell, 1984, pg 187

The President

"How willingly would I exchange places today with the soldier who sleeps on the ground in the army of Potomac."

- Abraham Lincoln as quoted by Schuyler Colfax