The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.
If a person has a contribution to make, he must make it in public. If learning is not made public, it is a waste.
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
It is very rare, indeed, for men to be wrong in their feelings concerning public misconduct; as rare to be right in their speculations upon the cause of it. I have constantly observed that the generality of people are fifty years, at least, behind in their politics.
Public opinion has been evolving nationwide when it comes to marijuana policy, and Californians have always been ahead of the curve.
The Republican Party among the public is a minority party.
If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would be found that the censure so freely bestowed is oftentimes unmerited and uncharitable.
The real intolerance in Canadian society is shown by those who would deny people of faith the right to participate in public life.
The public are not stupid.
I know that whatever power Shelby Steele has always comes out of the writing. I'm not the greatest television pundit or the best public speaker, so it's my writing that's most important.
public opinion, the sum of private opinions, does matter, can matter often for good.
The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
In New York, no one really cares who the hell you are. It's strange to be in the public eye where people have a perception of who you are, when they have never even met you.
Then love of pleasure sways each heart, and we From that no more than from ourselves can fly. Blameless when govern'd well. But where it errs Extravagant, and wildly leads to ill, Public or private, there its curbing pow'r Cool reason must exert.
The public makes a hit.
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.
Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
This is a very proud moment for journalism. I think The New York Times and The Washington Post are genuine champions in this moment. The role that they are playing in democracy is the role that you hear about journalism playing in civics classes. Other people are doing great work, but the Times and the Post have really been leaders. The public is watching, and they are hungry. They know something is wrong, there's a lot of anxiety out there. There's a real sense that the mission of journalism is very clear.
I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.
