Thanks to Hollis W.
By Octavia E. Butler in Parable of the Talents.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.
She is deceased and an American Science Fiction Author and winner of the McArthur award.