Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1499
AUTHOR:
Walter Lippmann (18891974)
QUOTATION:
Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.
ATTRIBUTION:
WALTER LIPPMANN, Interpretations, 19311932, ed. Allan Nevins, p. 262 (1932).