A passion for politics stems ...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
 Fawn M. Brodie

Quotes from the same author

But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
 Fawn M. Brodie
Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
 Fawn M. Brodie
... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special temple ceremonies. Moreover, a great many distinguished women in history, including several Catholic saints, were also sealed to Joseph Smith in Utah. I saw these astonishing lists in the Latter-day Saint Genealogical Archives in Salt Lake City in 1944.
 Fawn M. Brodie