Why most politicians believe rules don't apply to them

Why do our leaders find it impossibly difficult to play by the rules, just like everyone else?

On any good day, they will clamber onto public rostrums and make inflammatory utterances that they know very well risk sparking tension amongst communities, with fatal consequences. Others will blatantly threaten those in opposing camps against setting foot in their backyards, which they will christen their ‘bedrooms’. Yet, when the time finally comes to pay for their bad manners, they still attempt to explain and blame it on others and even have the gall to allege witch-hunting or that the law is not being applied fairly.