Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.
The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress.
Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.
There are certain times when public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.
It's unbelievable that people have the time and inclination to be as negative as they are on a public platform about people who accomplish whatever they do in the public eye.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.
Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.
I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.
The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.
I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system.
We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue.
You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System.
