I didn't write about aspects of my public life because that's a small part of my life. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up… — Rutherford Birchard Hayes Copy Share Image
Lowly, unpurposeful, and random as they appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city’s wealth of public life must… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Having now finished the work assigned me,” Washington solemnly said, “I retire from the great theatre of Action. . . . I… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“What are the fifty newspapers, which those precocious urchins are bawling down the street, and which are kept filed within, what are… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
American social arrangements, economic arrangements, the degree of inequality in American life, the relatively small role played by the government in American… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Totalitarianism is not about some state that appears out of nowhere and suddenly is all-powerful. There can't be any such thing. Totalitarianism… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
It's clearly the case that there's not some moment in American history when every evangelical is holding hands with every Catholic who… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Senator John McCain is unlike anybody else in not - not just in the Senate but in American politics. He`s unlike anybody… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
A better way to mutual respect is to engage directly with the moral convictions citizens bring to public life, rather than to… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
This is a sad day for all of us, and to none is it sadder than to me. Everything that I have… — Neville Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Faith in public life does not mean that God tells you to bomb another country or to go get Saddam Hussein. Faith… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy.… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Success will be measured by change in the appallingly high levels of violence directed at women online and in the physical world,… — Tara Moss Copy Share Image
Life after the White House found Dad enjoying having his grandchildren around and letting go of all the enormous burden he shouldered… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
