[The political mind] is a strange mixture of vanity and timidity, of an obsequious attitude at one time and a delusion of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I want to say to you is that James Madison and Thomas Jefferson did not intend to drive a stake in the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life… — Emanuel Celler Copy Share Image
As a woman and as a feminist, I am very well aware of how women have been oppressed and segregated for a… — Jacques Myard Copy Share Image
Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in… — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
That's good advice for any young person to remember who aspires to leadership in corporate or public life. Develop a thick skin… — William Schreyer Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
We must fight all that we dislike in public life. We must substitute better ideas for wrong ideas. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“For all the talk of education, modern societies neglect to examine by far the most influential means by which their populations are… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“A man in public life expects to be sneered at—it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of himself.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
It's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In our public life, California is on the verge of being a failed state, and no state has failed in the history… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
“[Public housing projects] are not lacking in natural leaders,' [Ellen Lurie, a social worker in East Harlem] says. 'They contain people with… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“In a real democracy, what matters is not just the outcome but the way that citizens participate in a debate about the… — Mick Hume Copy Share Image
Public life has become so gladiatorial. Every day, another reputation bites the dust. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I've lost count of the number of websites that try to 'out' every Muslim in public life as an extremist or Islamist… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image