The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.
Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.
There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.
I think there's not much patience for organized labour, period, public or private sector.
With a private company, you've got to get into who's investing and what's the balance sheet like. So going public is a positive thing from the perspective of the sales organization.
The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing.
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.
The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife.
Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you.
There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.
I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public.
It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.
Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides.
Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee in 1952, made a strong public commitment to ending the war in Korea, where fighting had reached a stalemate.
Imagine all contradictions, all possible incompatibilities--you will find them in the government, in the law-courts, in the churches, in the public shows of this droll nation.
You're a public menace. You shouldn't be allowed out on your own.
