Public Quotes
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Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.
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The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies.
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The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we normally label state indoctrination.
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We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.
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We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused -- in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible.
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To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.
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A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense.
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Being an entertainer, especially in times like these, is really a public service.
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If I am successful, I see this as the last chapter in my public service to Oregon.
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But members of the public are bound to be concerned and their concerns can be allayed if they are shown that every effort is being made by the European Union and by member states effectively to coordinate action.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
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Twelve cities in three days is not a public consultation or proper public process. It is not adequate.
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On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.
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It takes a great deal of courage to give me a public shout out, that's for sure.
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The plan was to keep the guys together and away from the public, ... The last thing we wanted was another big drama.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.
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My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
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Today Facebook went public, just as Myspace's last user went private.
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Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.
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I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.
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Certainly when you do a work for a public space, you lose control.
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In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.
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Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
