Human society does not even know what to look for in real leadership. They do not want someone who is going to rule them; they only want somebody who will facilitate their sense gratification. However, human society is meant to voluntarily be ruled by a higher authority. We are supposed to be ruled by sastra and by those who are learned in the sastra. We voluntarily submit ourselves to the ruler—to the authority of those who are conversant with the knowledge of revealed scriptures. In this way, we should allow ourselves to become bound by the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which are given in the Vedic literatures.
LFD Vol 3,Accepting a Higher Authority, Pg 223, 3rd paragraph