But the future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)

Speech (1940-01-08), Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C.
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Quoted by Ronald Reagan, State of the Union (1983-01-25), though he appeared to misattribute the phrase to Roosevelt's second State of the Union message.