Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.
For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private kind of music.
Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.
In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.
People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.
The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.
I'm not willing to say I want to return to private life because I'm too old to begin telling lies now.
Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
Illiquid asset purchases are all about capital and encouraging private capital to come in.
Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice.
