Of course, most revolutionists do not ... really ... want change. They simply want to sit in the driver's seat.

But does he not claim to be acting for the people?

The people is an abstraction. It is one of those general terms that has no meaning in fact. For "the people" is in reality many peoples, with many interests, many possibilities. It is always interesting to me that none of these persons who claim to act for the people have ever consulted the people themselves.

Louis L'Amour - Rivers West