In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What is right is not always popular.
Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.
The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.
I'm not driving to be a popular president.
Leadership is about making the right decision and the best decision before, sometimes, it becomes entirely popular.
I would rather be right than President.
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.
I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.
In America, public opinion is the leader.
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