Public Quotes

I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming.

Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

All you owe the public is a good performance.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself.

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public.

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported.

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives.

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.

That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.

I don't know anyone in the public eye who has not made a mistake and said something in a manner that does not truly reflect their intentions.

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury.

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

A man does not automatically become a public figure because he happens to build an empire out of chicken fat.

The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings - indicating that courts can be influenced by public sentiment.

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

If the public likes you, you're good.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.