But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
What I want is a clash of ideas, not opinions.
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.
No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
My proposal happens to be very mainstream.