Plato

Plato was anxious to find a tyrant who would use his power for the realization of the Platonic ideal state. The question whether other people would like or dislike what he himself had in store for them never occurred to Plato.

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science, p. 95

Plato founded his utopia on the hope that a small group of perfectly wise and morally impeccable philosophers will be available for the supreme conduct of affairs.

The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science, p. 99