William Bennett Quotes
It’s not hard to be popular if you take a poll to find out what it means to be popular.
William Bennett, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, U. S. Secretary of Education (Republican), Disparaging view of the extreme popularity of President William Clinton as he finished his second term, NBC Meet the Press, January 14, 2001
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The entertainer was organizing rock concerts to raise money for the problem of AIDS in Africa. However, he felt that the money was only a part of the mission. Making foreign aid for AIDS popular was critical in the light of a negative public perception of the benefit of foreign aid to many third world countries.
An excellent example of this occurred in the first decades of the 21st century. At the beginning if the century, the majority of Americans were clearly opposed to the idea of same-sex / gay marriage. By 2008, the population was evenly split, for and against. By 2014 the majority of Americans were clearly in favor of same-sex marriage and it had been legalized in more than a dozen states.
William John Bennett is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist, who served as Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush.
