He is expected by the nation to be the leader of his party as well as the chief executive officer of the Government, and the country will take no excuses from him. He must play the part and play it successfully, or lose the country's confidence. He must... The Quarterly Review - Page 129edited by - 1919Full view - About this book
| Walter Hines Page, Arthur W. Page - American literature - 1916 - 990 pages
...13, 1913, addressed to Mr. A. Mitchell Palmer, he wrote, in speaking of the duties of the President: "And he is the spokesman of the Nation in everything, even the momentous and most delicate dealings of the Government with foreign nations." These excerpts are almost... | |
| North Carolina Literary and Historical Association - North Carolina - 1906 - 942 pages
...character of what already has been done. Mr. Wilson has said that the President "must be Prime Minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as with the just and orderly execution of law," and "the spokesman of the Nation in everything, even the momentous and most delicate dealings of the Government... | |
| Henry Jones Ford - 1916 - 364 pages
...the part and play it successfully, or lose the country's confidence. He must be Prime Minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as...delicate dealings of the Government with foreign nations. Why in such circumstances should he be responsible to no one for four long years? All the people's... | |
| North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History - 1916 - 398 pages
...character of what already has been done. Mr. Wilson has said that the President "must be Prime Minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as with the just and orderly execution of law," and "the spokesman of the Nation in everything, even the momentous and most delicate dealings of the Government... | |
| Social sciences - 1925 - 508 pages
...conviction. To a member of his party in Congress he wrote that the President "must be a Prime Minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as with the just and orderly execution of law."48 The effectiveness of his leadership brought a prominent Republican Senator to declare that... | |
| Lindsay Rogers - United States - 1926 - 310 pages
...play the part and play it successfully or lose the country's confidence. He must be Prime Minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as...nation in everything, even the most momentous and delicate dealings of the Government with foreign nations." This frankly expressed intention was acted... | |
| Lindsay Rogers - United States - 1926 - 318 pages
...th< part and play it successfully or lose the country1! confidence. He must be Prime Minister, as mud concerned with the guidance of legislation as with...nation in everything, even the most momentous and delicate dealings of the Government with foreign nations." This_franklv expressed intention was acted... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1972 - 262 pages
...play the part and play it successfully or lose the country's confidence. He must be prime minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as...delicate dealings of the government with foreign nations. SHOULD RE HELD RESPONSIRLE Why in such circumstances should he be responsible to no one for four long... | |
| John Milton Cooper - History - 1990 - 438 pages
...party as well as the chief executive officer of the government. . . . He must be the prime minister, as much concerned with the guidance of legislation, as with the just and orderly execution of law." Prime ministership, party leadership, and the importance of passing legislation: these ideas formed... | |
| Walter Lippmann - Political Science - 1970 - 376 pages
...become a practical politician. He is speaking of the President's function: He must be Prime Minister as much concerned with the guidance of legislation as with the just and orderly execution of the law. In other words, Mr. Wilson determined to depend upon his party to carry through tariff and... | |
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