As I have said in the past, revealing specific targets or…

“The United States government has perfected a technological capability that enables us to monitor the messages that go through the air.… That capability at…

— Anonymous

“We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of totalitarian regimes.…

— Church Committee

Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to…

— Roger Wicker

The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.

— Dana Perino

Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.

— Edward Snowden

No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.

— Mark Twain

Public interest in most of the Middle East was slight at that time; the Arab-Israeli conflict was all that people were interested in and…

— Juan Cole

A newspaper is a private enterprise owing nothing whatsoever to the public, which grants it no franchise. It is therefore affected with no public…

— William Peter Hamilton

RTE was set up by legislation as an instrument of public policy, and, as such is responsible to the government. The government have overall…

— Sean Lemass

“A mere enumeration of government activity is evidence -- often the sole evidence offered -- of "inadequate" nongovernment institutions, whose "inability" to cope with…

— Thomas Sowell

The diseased pride [of artistic individualists] was not even conscious of a public interest, and would have found all political terms utterly tasteless and…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

“People of the middle sort like us, thinking people that is, are always tongue-tied and awkward. What is the reason of it? Whether it…

— Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky

Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.

— Howard Gossage

A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen…

— Archibald Cox