Stop with the clichés and conservative radio talk show host drivel. Shall I name you revolutions started and successfully implemented by people of character(aka were true to what they believed).
Che Guevara
Pol Pot
Lenin
Robespierre
Mao
Ho Chi Min
Solution, stop looking for Messiahs to lead you out of anything. Only one Messiah came and he sure wasn't Ted Cruz or Ronald Reagan and did not wrap himself in any flag, marching ahead of a guys in fatigues. At 50 years old, I've learned jingoists and crusaders are the ones to fear when it comes to politics.
So... are you for the ultimate con man?