bully pulpit

[bool-ee pool-pit, puhl-pit]

noun

1. a position of authority or public visibility, especially a political office, from which one may express one's views.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bully pulpit¹

First recorded in 1905–10; from a remark made by President Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09, in reference to the White House, “I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!”