The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to Slop Over!… G. Washington never slopt over. — Artemas Ward Copy Share Image
Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved. — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“It was a constant source of irritation to him that the public men on his side were, on the whole, not conspicuously… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image