Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.
Political leaders will never take risks unless the people push them to take risks.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.
Whoever calls and asks me to do stuff and obviously, with having your own TV show, people want you to get involved. They know you're a stand-up comedian so they're always looking for somebody funny to host an event.
The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: 'Comfort me.' 'Amuse me.' 'Touch my sympathies.' 'Make me sad.' 'Make me dream.' 'Make me laugh.' 'Make me shiver.' 'Make me weep.' 'Make me think.'
I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!
And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world.
A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book!
Some things are not best done in public even though the public is asking for a confrontation.
There are those who blame the Press, but in this I think they are mistaken. The Press is such as the public demands, and the public demands bad newspapers because it has been badly educated.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston
When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.
I'm not chasing reality shows. Viewers want to see me and producers want me on their shows.
Who really needs a new album from me?
Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.
If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures - but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist's own art.
Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do.
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the people's desperate need for change.
What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.
American public opinion, as you can see in the polls, radically changed from being against airstrikes to being heavily in favor that [President Obama] decided to do airstrikes. This is a classic example of leading from behind where he waits for public opinion. And now it's the public who's demanding he do something.
Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.
Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.
More and more people - Leavers and Remainers - from every region, every political party and every walk of life, are demanding a vote on the final Brexit deal before we leave the EU.
I realized very quickly that the public has a perfect right to tell you what they want to see.
