But good and humble people like the young lady only ever rule by necessity, only ever to avoid being ruled by someone worse than themselves.

[ Yes, yes, he's being facetious. And after wrangling Athrun, Yzak, Dearka, and Nicol's very big feelings about everything, it's tempting to make a quip about teenagers not being particularly farsighted -- but Lacus Clyne ended up being more farsighted than most adults. ]