“The people have only a very vague direct power. They have the power of voting against the administration, again after its decisions have been taken; but they have no way of getting into the question of policy-making, decision-making, except insofar as the vague forces and pressures of public debate and public opinion have their impact on the President. The President still has to decide. He can't go to the people and ask them to decide for him; he has to make the decision. In that sense he was condemned to be a dictator.” PeopleWayHas BeensStillsAsksForcePresidentDecisionOpinionTakenPolicyDirectPressureImpactDebateAdministrationVotingDecision MakingDictatorVaguePublic OpinionMaking DecisionsPolicy Making Author:Walter Millis
“War challenges virtually every other institution of society - the justice and equity of its economy, the adequacy of its political systems, the energy of its productive plant, the bases, wisdom and purposes of its foreign policy.” WarPoliticalPurposeEnergyChallengesJusticeEconomyPolicyBasesInstitutionsPlantProductiveForeign PolicyEquityPolitical SystemsAdequacy Book:The Faith of an American Source: The Faith of an American