Political leaders everywhere are like barking dogs—self-appointed, purposeless, and utterly incapable of genuine leadership.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...said that "This is our mission. Now whether you'll cooperate?" We cannot make any compromise. [break] Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He's not to hold regular kīrtanas and ārati.
Prabhupāda: You have to teach them. But so far these young boys who were there, they were very much impressed. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But they won't change their lives, I'm sure. They...
Prabhupāda: Why not? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They're impressed to the point of hearing, let's say, yes.
Prabhupāda: If they hear more, they'll change. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah. It's just that I... You know, from our experience here in India, practically the only place that we've made devotees regularly is in Bengal.
Other than there, we have not been able to make people give up their ways.
Prabhupāda: Why don't you say that "We could not preach"? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, it's our own fault.
Prabhupāda: Why do you blame the other party? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, it's our own fault. Prabhupāda: It is preaching. Preaching means to make Jagāi-Mādhāi a devotee. That is preaching. Simply talking big, big words... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Well I'm enthusiastic to go there and to try and get these people to be devotees.