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English to Russian translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / quotation
English term or phrase:The office seeks the man
Spencer detected a similar reticence in 1968, a year in which he thinks that Reagan could have won the Republican nomination. "If Reagan had come out in February or March and said, 'I want to be President and I'm going after it,' " says Spencer, "I think he could have taken it away from Nixon, and I told him so. He gave me a great quote, ***'The office seeks the man, the man doesn't seek the office.'*** Maybe now he has decided I was right. I think if there hadn't been Watergate and the Agnew thing that Reagan would probably be the nominee this year."
Я тут накопала один афоризм, может как-то поможет. Не должностью облагораживается и возвышается человек, но должность благодаря человеку становится благородной и высокой. Абдуррахман Нуреддин ибн Ахмад Джами
Александр, дайте, плиз, описание своего контекста, иначе невозможно предложить нужный вам вариант. Может быть хватит фразы типа "Не пристало..." или еще чего
The first presidents did not "campaign" in the way modern Americans think of a run for the White House. It was regarded as unseemly for a potential president to appear to be seeking the office. Indeed, the myth was general that the office seeks the man.
Да, шутки в сторону. Вот оригинал: George Washington once said of the U.S. presidency: “The office seeks the man; the man does not seek the office.” This quote... explains the true meaning of being “leader of the free world.”
peer agreement (net): +3