THE EXPENDABLES BY A. E. VAN VOGT - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70235/pg70235-images.html The alien was deadly, dangerous and inhuman—but he was not the most feared enemy on the ship!

 One hundred and nine years after leaving Earth, the spaceship, Hope of Man, went into orbit around Alta III.

Lesbee laughed tolerantly, shook his head. "I'm afraid you don't understand the dynamics of government," he said. "There's no record in history of a person who actually had control, handing it over."