The power broker by Robert A. Caro

Author:Robert A. Caro [Caro, Robert A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0-394-72024-5
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1974-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

With the organized construction trades and the civil service organizations backing a tunnel, and with the letters-to-the-editor showing support of the need for further discussion, it was clear that the tide of public opinion was running against Moses’ proposal—to an extent it had never run against him before.

Public opinion was the crucial factor in the reformers’ philosophy and strategy. Public opinion was democratic government, the government they believed in. If it was not listened to, government was not democratic. “A decent respect for public opinion” had been a key ground for their demand that Roosevelt back down from his attempt to oust Moses. And they repeated that phrase in demanding that Moses back down now, and in insisting that, if he didn’t back down voluntarily, the Mayor and councilmen make him.

The reformers felt certain that the Mayor and councilmen would.

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