How are your elected officials to rule?
The Bible's II Samuel, chapter 23, verse 3 says, "The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spake to me, he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in fear of God."
Thomas Jefferson said, "There is scarcely a King (or would be king) in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and all their children slaves forever."