Public Quotes

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.

Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our own public welfare.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends.

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion.

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public.

I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.

Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.

Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. The more public support his stimulus bill loses, the more Obama embraces fear-mongering.

We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.

The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.

I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.