Bully pulpit
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[Teddy Roosevelt] used the term bully as an adjective to mean wonderful or superb, and [coined the term] bully [pulpit] to mean a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda.
An alternate definition of bully as a noun means someone who harasses or intimidates. The modern definition of bully pulpit reflects the misuse of the church pulpit by unenlightened preachers to bully followers into submitting to their twisted views. -
an important public position from which a person can let other people know his or her opinions on particular subjects:
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