Public Quotes
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The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
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I'm very happy to come back. I've always had success here and the public is fantastic. I love you, Montreal.
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America is basically a hypocritical society and recognizes that hypocrisy is found throughout. The public doesn't look for politicians to tell the truth or to deliver on their promises. This country could become America the beautiful, but it never will. It's in the hands of the wrong people. And the public is so apathetic. Those who are not apathetic are dispirited, discouraged, and disheartened. Those who will sometimes feel a twitch of inspiration that would lead them to do something, they, based on their conditioning, will start to total up all the reasons why they can't succeed.
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Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as silly or just plain stupid.
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There was no such thing as a private life, all lives were public.
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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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Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit the present views and feelings of the writer; the other is a natual desire to set his own part in affairs in a pleasing light.
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Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is temperate, industrious, just and valiant, and who uses all his virtues for the public good, it shows a great and lofty mind.
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It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
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I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat, but I was willing to take that to the trenches if you know what I mean. I took that opinion to the wall, often in public, often had to... I often had to fight in public with the very same people who I was trying to convince to play my records!
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I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.
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Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Regis has a great rapport with the American public.
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At the next election he'll offer the British public an alternative that provides weight and substance and seriousness in a political debate that is, frankly, increasingly obsessed with modishness and flim-flam.
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Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.
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One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
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Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology.
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I don't necessarily put on an act when I go on Jay Leno or dress differently in public than I do in private. I'd like to think I'm the same person, more or less.
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Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.
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Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?
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Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.
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What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
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If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
