Quotes of: Public-discourse Keyword

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

John Locke

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

Saint Francis de Sales

Justice is the result of public opinion.

Chinese

Résumons en quatre mots le pacte social des deux états. Vous avez besoin de moi, car je suis riche et vous êtes pauvre ; faisons donc un accord entre nous : je permettrai que vous ayez l'honneur de me servir, à condition que vous me donnerez le p...

A Discourse on Political Economy

Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that t...

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves? - or do they really take a pleasur...

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Gamblers do not contribute to the public welfare.

Hebrew

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

Jack Abramoff

Nothing is necessitated whose opposite is possible.

Discourse on Metaphysics & Other Essays

Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

Bryant H. McGill

There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.

Noam Chomsky

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.

Charles Evans Hughes

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Bob Etheridge

Jesus Christ was crucified by public opinion.

Russian

Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse.

Tucker Max

The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained.

Martin Frost

A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.

Gordon Gee

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.

Joyce Appleby

Fear of public speaking can be overcome with effective public speaking tips, skills and strategies.

How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking With Easy to Use Ideas, Tips and Strategies

To seek in the great accumulation of the already-said the text that resembles 'in advance' a later text, to ransack history in order to rediscover the play of anticipations or echoes, to go right back to the first seeds or to go forward to the last t...

The Archaeology of Knowledge & The Discourse on Language