Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2011). A Man Without a Country, p.102, Seven Stories Press
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