Answer:
to detect and prevent counterfeiting of US currency
The best and only logical way to choose a person for a position of authority is to hold a free and fair election. Every member of a community has the right to vote and deem who they see fit to hold the position.
He is a very prideful man, yet at the same time he invests his efforts and his own safety in the well being of his men and his family.
They are describing colonel pickering from pygmalion, a play by george bernard shaw.
