We need supermen to rule us — the job is so vast and the need for wise judgment is so urgent. But, alas, there are no supermen. Those who rule us are like you and me. It is a frightening situation.

Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) American drama critic and journalist
Once Around the Sun, “January 27” (1951)
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