Robert Moses Quotes
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.
Robert Moses, 1888-1981, Chairman, New York Port Authority, New York Gubernatorial Candidate (Republican), Quoted in New York Times, January 8, 1978
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In many recent Presidential elections many have thought a Vice Presidential candidate superior to the Presidential candidate. Such was also the case in 1900.
Attacking the Liberal leader, Lord John Russell: 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Canes-Wrone developed Conditional Pandering Theory. The very popular Presidents do not have to engage in pandering. The unpopular presidents will not be helped much so they have little to gain by using this technique which is personally distasteful to almost all politicians. It is the middle of the road Presidents who tend to make the biggest use of policy pandering.
In a large, diverse nation like the United States even then, there was a wide spectrum of opinion and political ideology. It is true that almost all of Roosevelt’s initiatives were not original with him, but he was incredibly effective at bringing those ideas to the large bulk of people who had had no serious view on the subject before. He also was able to change many contrary opinions. What was most remarkable about Roosevelt was that the issues that he did advocate were very unpopular and even anathema to the establishment—the “ruling class” of the day even though most were in his own political party.
Robert Moses was an American public official who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area. Known as the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and was one of the most polarizing figures in the history of United States urban development. His decisions favoring highways over public transit helped create the modern suburbs of Long Island. Although he was not a trained civil engineer, Moses's programs and designs influenced a generation of engineers, architects, and urban planners nationwide.
