Quotes About Public

there would be one more acknowledged instance of the American public being misled or lied to in the interest of national security.

In opinion poll after opinion poll science is rated among the most admired and trusted occupations, despite the misgivings

todo gobierno se degenera cuando se deja solos a los gobernantes, porque éstos -por el mero hecho de gobernar- hacen mal uso de la confianza pública.

There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. GEORGE WASHINGTON, address to Congress, January 8, 1790

We will know that socialism has established itself when we are able to look back with utter incredulity on the idea that a handful of commercial thugs were given free rein to corrupt the minds of the public with Neanderthal political views convenient for their own bank balances but for little else.

What I admire about Austen (among hundreds of other commendable qualities) is her traditional rather than modern conception of morality. She sees it, as did Aristotle, Aquinas, and Marx, as a matter of public conduct, not as the inner light, interior emotions, what you happen to be feeling, what you find aesthetically alluring, and the like. She's an extremely tough-minded ethical realist in an increasingly corrupt, sentimentalist culture.

What sort of a transportation system d'you call this? The more popular it is the slower it goes!... 'You have to devise a system that goes faster the more popular it is, so it can cope! It's perfectly obvious!

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.

There were no public health laws in Ankh-Morpork. It would be like installing smoke detectors in Hell.

The young man is also an idealist. He has yet to find out that what's in the public interest is not what the public is interested in.

The public thinks big, sensible, measured thoughts while people run around doing silly things

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

As a journalist, I fundamentally believe that keeping the public informed is an essential part of democracy.

A lot of people think journalists are criminals, and there are some who haven't helped us. But the media is essential for democratic society.

It's amazing to me that journalists are held in such low esteem.

I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.

People were saying on social media, 'He's going out too much' - I got judged. That was demoralising.

As an artist, I struggle with how much of myself to give to the people. How much I want my personal business to be judged.

I eat carefully because people don't want to see a large person judging cakes. They'll think to themselves, 'That's what happens when you eat cake.'

Judging by the number of things I get asked to do I don't think the public are sick of me.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I know that my career is up for public judgment, but I also know that in football, things change.

Indeed, public scrutiny is desirable for healthy functioning of judiciary itself.