--- title: "13 Thinking Quotes By William A. Rusher" description: "13 Thinking quotes by William A. Rusher. Plus more from William A. Rusher and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/william-a-rusher-20922_asia_i-think-the-important-thing-to-remember_2146059.jpg" --- > [I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-the-important-thing-to-remember-about-the-japanese-internment/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/william-a-rusher-20922_asia_i-think-the-important-thing-to-remember_2146059.jpg) > [They seemed like a team. And I think it is fair to say that Roosevelt was the consummate politician and that Eleanor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/they-seemed-like-a-team-and-i-think-it-is-fair-to-say-that-roosevelt/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/william-a-rusher-20922_activist_they-seemed-like-a-team-and-i-think-it-i_2678677.jpg) > [One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/one-of-the-most-influential-women-of-the-20th-century-well-that-may/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/william-a-rusher-20922_20th-century_one-of-the-most-influential-women-of-the_113054.jpg) > [Westbrook Pegler suggested that in the period, I think the late 40s, when the investigations of Communism were opening up during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/westbrook-pegler-suggested-that-in-the-period-i-think-the-late-40s/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/william-a-rusher-20922_activity_westbrook-pegler-suggested-that-in-the-p_2480172.jpg) > [ I think she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was-called-because-she-probably/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/william-a-rusher-20922_awful_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was_1605673.jpg) > [ I think the fact that she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-woman-probably-in/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/william-a-rusher-20922_clinton_i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosev_133419.jpg) > [These were in the days before anybody thought to criticize Congressmen, let alone first ladies, for making money on speeches. So Eleanor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/these-were-in-the-days-before-anybody-thought-to-criticize/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/william-a-rusher-20922_bits_these-were-in-the-days-before-anybody-th_2047868.jpg) > [ I think she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] was a shrewd politician, and very good in public relations, although she had the usual media help… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-shrewd-politician-and-very-good/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/william-a-rusher-20922_appropriate_i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-shre_2261351.jpg) > [ I don't think she ever had a single initiative at the United Nations that was not previously \[vetted\] by the people at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-don-t-think-she-ever-had-a-single-initiative-at-the-united-nations/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/william-a-rusher-20922_accounts_i-don-t-think-she-ever-had-a-single-init_1803590.jpg) > [ That was a general impression that one got, that she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] was always flitting around the country and descending on some… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-got-that-she-eleanor-roosevelt/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/william-a-rusher-20922_active_that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-g_1572497.jpg) > [I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-that-it-is-true-that-eleanor-roosevelt-by-being-so-active-on/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/william-a-rusher-20922_active_i-think-that-it-is-true-that-eleanor-roo_1532649.jpg) > [She was obviously useful at the UN because she had a public persona before she ever got there. She was well known.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/she-was-obviously-useful-at-the-un-because-she-had-a-public-persona/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/william-a-rusher-20922_attention_she-was-obviously-useful-at-the-un-becau_1175163.jpg) > [And Eleanor's husband was the man who did the interning. And I think they - Governor Warren, who was later to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/and-eleanor-s-husband-was-the-man-who-did-the-interning-and-i-think/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/william-a-rusher-20922_bigs_and-eleanor-s-husband-was-the-man-who-di_2647012.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) ## More by William A. Rusher > [Our Navy was very largely sunk. And we were at war in no time at all. I share, in retrospect, the distress we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/our-navy-was-very-largely-sunk-and-we-were-at-war-in-no-time-at-all-i/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential women, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/one-of-the-most-influential-women-of-the-20th-century-well-that-may/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [ I think the fact that she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosevelt-was-a-woman-probably-in/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/and-at-the-un-she-took-the-advice-she-had-to-take-the-advice-of-the/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [Eleanor Roosevelt had both her admirers and her detractors. And they admired her and detracted from her for many of the same reasons. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/eleanor-roosevelt-had-both-her-admirers-and-her-detractors-and-they/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [ One has to say that they \[Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt\] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the housing projects… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/one-has-to-say-that-they-eleanor-and-franklin-roosevelt-were/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [She was obviously useful at the UN because she had a public persona before she ever got there. She was well known. She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/she-was-obviously-useful-at-the-un-because-she-had-a-public-persona/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated. To their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/these-people-looked-japanese-were-originally-japanese-were-numerous/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/well-you-have-to-remember-that-until-1948-when-hubert-humphrey-and/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially. And it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-that-it-is-true-that-eleanor-roosevelt-by-being-so-active-on/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [ That was a general impression that one got, that she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] was always flitting around the country and descending on some place in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/that-was-a-general-impression-that-one-got-that-she-eleanor-roosevelt/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/people-who-thought-that-she-was-busy-going-around-trying-to-stir-up/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [ I think she \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism of her… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-think-she-eleanor-roosevelt-never-was-called-because-she-probably/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [ I don't think she ever had a single initiative at the United Nations that was not previously \[vetted\] by the people at the State… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/i-don-t-think-she-ever-had-a-single-initiative-at-the-united-nations/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) > [In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our way. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-rusher/in-terms-of-legacy-i-m-not-sure-that-i-see-some-great-historic/) [William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-rusher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/william-a-rusher/#itemlist", "name": "13 Thinking Quotes By William A. Rusher", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. 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