Public Quotes

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

The public makes it so that we have to keep assaulting each other.

Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite.

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.

The course of business shapes public opinion.

I will say we now, in the polling in Wisconsin, much different than many other races, the public didn't perceive that we were getting a fair shake from the media.

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.

Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all central to the new direction of travel we have set for our public services.

When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy.

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.

I've introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.

Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition of public opinion and of the author, their history reaches us at third hand and is thus separated by two stages from the original fact.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm.

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve.

I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.