It’s probably considered by some to be bad form to simply write ‘Damn Right’ and provide a link, so I’ll introduce. Slashdot has a poll entitled ‘Sci-Fi Leader You’d Follow to the End’, and I agree not only with the majority choice, but with the incredible lead our man has over the next most popular. Interestingly the poll lists the actors, rather than their characters, as the choices.
To misappropriate a Simpsons quote, "They’re sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk."