In order to ensure the success of a democratic society, a leader should exhibit all of the following qualities EXCEPT:
A. working for the common good
B. strengthening the nation
C. striving for personal gain
D. inspiring future generations
Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865