There is no permanent place in democratic leadership except for him who “hath clean hands and a pure heart.” If other men come temporarily into power among us, it is because we cut our leadership up into so many small parts, and do not subject any one man to the purifying influences of centred responsibility.
Wilson states that true democratic leadership requires integrity and accountability, contrasting it with temporary power holders.
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