Civic power

The Saturday Profile - Shimon Peres, Israel’s Elder Statesman, Now With Renewed Clout - Biography - NYTimes.com: "Youthful looking and elegantly attired, he says he now enjoys “unprecedented popularity, which is almost embarrassing for me — I’m not used to it.” He adds that he has discovered a new force, the “tremendous good will of the people,” which he says can be “more powerful than government.”"