One night in the house of Haj Ahmad Aqa, we were in the presence of the Imam with a few of our friends. The discussion came up about the selflessness of the people. The Imam stated: "The people are in the lead; we are behind them." One of the friends remarked that if they were to confess that they were followers of the people, it held true in their case but about the Imam one could not say the same thing because he was leading the people. I remember that the Imam replied: "No, the people are in the lead." He truly and deeply believed in the goodness and revolutionary spirit of the people.[1]
[1] The people are in the lead: Mir Husayn Musawi