" Halt nodded at him gratefully. "Exactly. We need to elect a leader - and give him the power to make decisions and the authority to have those decisions obeyed and carried through. Otherwise we're like a band of headless chickens."
"But dangerous chickens nonetheless," Leander said with a faint smile. "

― John Flanagan , The Tournament at Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice: The Early Years, #1)