All the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Shmuel (Samuel, the prophet)to Rama, and said to him,..."Now make us a king to judge us like all the other nations." But the thing displeased Shmuel... and Shmuel prayed to God. And God said to Shmuel, "... They have not rejected you, they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them...Now you must hearken to their voice; nevertheless you should warn them and relate to them the customary practice of the king that shall reign over them." And Shmuel told all the the words of the Lord to the people that asked of him a king....Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Shmuel; and they said, "No, but we will have a king over us; that we may be like all the nations..." I Samuel 8:4-22
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Just goes to show, some things don't change.