Most positions of power should be assigned to people who do not want the job (yet are competent), rather than to people who want the job and will do anything to get it.

The same reason so many vile people seek other positions of authority: to abuse it.

Power does not corrupt. The corrupt seek power.

Oh no, people who value job security, those scoundrels

I've meant plenty of people who wanted to be a police officer for the power, not to "protect and serve"