Those in high office

4A.1 "When a man destitute of benevolence is in a high station, he thereby disseminates his wickedness among all below him."

"To place one who is not humane in high office is to scatter his wickedness over the masses. When those who rule lack the guidelines of morality, those below lack adherence to any standards; when courtiers keep no faith with the Dao, workmen keep no faith with their measures; when the nobility violate right, commoners violate laws. If such a state survives it is by luck alone." ~Mencius, 372-289 BC