“Divide the society according to quality and train people in the principle that everything belongs to God and should be used in the service of God.”
Pusta Krsna, June 24, 1976, New Vrindaban: (continues reading) “But in America people are very much afraid of the central government because they think that wherever there is a strong government there will always be tyranny.”
Prabhupada: “If the leaders are properly trained, there cannot be tyranny.”
Reporter: “But one of the premises of the American system of government is that if a leader has too much power, he will inevitably become corrupt.”
Prabhupada: “You have to train him in such a way that he cannot become corrupt.”
Reporter: “What is that training process?”
Prabhupada: “That training is the varnasrama-dharma, a system of dividing society into four social and four spiritual orders according to people’s natural quality. Divide the society according to quality and train people in the principle that everything belongs to God and should be used in the service of God. Then there really can be one nation under God.”
Reporter: “But if society is divided into different groups, won’t there be envy?”
Prabhupada: “No, no. Just as in my body there are different parts that work together, so the society can have different parts working for the same goal. My hand is different from my leg, but when I tell the hand, ‘Bring a glass of water,’ the leg will help. The leg is required and the hand is required.”
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