Public Quotes

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing.

Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.

Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about.

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

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.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.

The choices politicians make must be based on values - not an arbitrary, axe-wielding approach to public spending or a dismal exchange between Gordon Brown and David Cameron about percentages that sounds like an argument between different book-keepers.

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.

Because I have an opinion, I have become public enemy number one to the Fox News Channel and the right wing.

If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated.

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

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.