Public interest Quotes · Page 3

The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently.

— Walter Lippmann

The papers feed the public interest but then the public interest demands more in the press and speculation can look like fact.

— Chris Chibnall

Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.

— Aldo Leopold

“The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest.”

— Steven Magee

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

— Thomas Jefferson

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

— Newton N. Minow

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

— Sidney Hook

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

— Bob Woodward

“to pursue your own interests is prudent; to pursue the public interest as well is pious; but to pursue your own pleasure…

— Thomas More

The president may have the raw constitutional power to, say, squelch an investigation or to pardon a close associate. But if he…

— George T. Conway III

The American people deserve to know what's on Trump's tax returns. And Trump must show that he truly embraces accountability and transparency…

— Reid Hoffman

A corporation has no rights except those given it by law. It can exercise no power except that conferred upon it by…

— William Jennings Bryan

In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they…

— William Howard Taft

. . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest…

— John Longenecker

“These days, instead of turning to myths and legends, we look to our own modern oracle: Google. And Google, in turn, looks…

— Carrie S.I. Jenkins

I accept you need the right balance, people do need to know their privacy is protected, but when it's essential information which…

— Gladys Berejiklian

Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw…

— Thomas Jefferson

When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they…

— Edward Snowden

Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats…

— Thomas R. Pickering

“The public interest has shifted from the nature of man to the nature of nature and to the prospects of domination its…

— Eric Voegelin

Companies like Enron have learned that small investments in endowing chairs, sponsoring research programs or hiring moonlighting professors can return big payoffs…

— Ralph Nader

The story of my life has been of public interest, which is why I've been so passionate about having a private identity.…

— Emma Watson

But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual,…

— Abraham Lincoln

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely…

— Daniel Kahneman

“The media have indeed informed the public about threats to our air, water and food. Ever since 1962, when Rachel Carson published…

— David Suzuki

“To separate the Adivasi from his land is to stop his breathing. If you want to see an Adivasi's extinction, take him…

— Ram dayal munda

“This emphasis on the difference between intentions and ultimate results constituted an implicit critique of the Christian and civic republican traditions, and…

— Jerry Z. Muller

“As they have the public society under their care and power, so they have advantage to promote the public interest every way;…

— Jonathan Edwards

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

— Thomas Sowell

“It is interesting to note that in announcing the formation of the National Broadcasting Company, the Radio Corporation of America published a…

— Judith C. Waller

Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.

— Alfred Doblin

The public interest requires doing today those things that men of intelligence and good will would wish, five or ten years hence,…

— Edmund Burke

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

— William Peter Hamilton

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

— Al Gore

The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.

— John F. Kennedy

corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

— Arianna Huffington

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

— Thomas Sowell

You are in the field to defend the public interest, the financial truth for investors and the funds that should support the…

— Clarence W. Barron

“Roosevelt had defined the public interest in the previously private struggle between labor and capital.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public…

— Adam Cohen