Kevin Hassett Quotes

When politicians try to govern by raising a wet finger to the wind or on the basis of public opinion polling, the public gets to think that all leaders are interchangeable.

There’s a lot of pressure to demonstrate to the public that you’re up to the task, even though you are literally pulling the levers of something while you’re still trying to figure out how it works.

I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

The public wants to know why or why not. They don't want to know how you're going to do it.

When in doubt, one can rarely go wrong by going public.

Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.

There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.

You are always trying to please people before you get to the public whenever you do anything that requires a corporate body to sanction it.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

The eyes of all people are upon us.

Basically, as a leader, I try not to make any mistakes, because there's a lot of people watching even though you don't think so.

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

The public wants a solemn ass as a President. And I think I'll go along with them.

I have never been governed by polls … people misunderstand economic development.

… knowing as the man in the street always does

There are just some things about being president that are difficult.

There's this intense media spotlight; there's a need to be transparent, and, 'Oh, by the way, I'm also trying to fight a war at the same time.' It's a challenge, but it goes with the job.

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

I really do care what people think, and I revolved my whole career and all the twenty five years with Dream Theater... I ran that band and made decisions based on caring what the fans thought and wanted.

Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.

You can be as good as you want with your feet, but when you're making mistakes, the opinions will change immediately.