Uninvited Interference Quotes
Compared this to public figures a century later where a major object was to “intrude” views upon the public as much as possible. Washington was not unusual for the time. Shortly thereafter Theodore Roosevelt would change the face of politics by reaching the public skillfully and often. Others continued the approach to public opinion and even expanded the practice. Today, we look back at the pre TR days and think of remarks like this one as “quaint.”