people's leader

[carla guaraldi]

Hi there,
We are people's leaders, not leaders onto themselves.
what does leaders onto themselves mean? Could you give me an explanation using other words, please?
Thank you

[Tdol]

If people are a law unto themselves, they are not accountable to anyone. This sentence is a bit unnatural, but a people's leader would be acciountable to the people, unlike someone like a dictator.