There's a reason I call them public serpents.
As long as people and the media refer to government official as our, "leaders," we are lost. We elect representatives, and people to lead the executive organs of the federal, state and local governments. The President was my "leader" when I was in the military, but as a private citizen, he is the person I vote for to appoint a cabinet and execute the laws made by my elected legislators. The president is no more my leader than are my senators, representatives or my mayor. In a free country people should choose freely whom they care to follow and make their leaders, be that an employer, a member of the clergy or nobody at all. Every time I hear a politician referred to as a, "leader," either in the media or in general conversation, I wince a little bit knowing that the speaker hasn't really given much thought to the concept of liberty and what it means, and can not therefore fully appreciate it.
Amen