--- title: "12 Public Men Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Public Men quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Public Men sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/storm-jameson-7438_asks_no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-mo_2706044.png" --- > [No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-jameson/no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-moral-but-they-must-seem-to-be/) [Storm Jameson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/storm-jameson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/storm-jameson-7438_asks_no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-mo_2706044.png) > [Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/unjust-attacks-on-public-men-do-them-more-good-than-unmerited-praise/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_men_unjust-attacks-on-public-men-do-them-mor_311506.jpg) > [The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/the-public-cannot-be-too-curious-concerning-the-characters-of-public/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/samuel-adams-3491_character_the-public-cannot-be-too-curious-concern_1919446.jpg) > [In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/in-europe-public-men-do-resign-but-here-it-s-a-lost-art-you-have-to/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/will-rogers-272_art_in-europe-public-men-do-resign-but-here_2903371.jpg) > [Democracy is a word all public men use and none understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/democracy-is-a-word-all-public-men-use-and-none-understand/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/george-bernard-shaw-68_democracy_democracy-is-a-word-all-public-men-use-a_838430.png) > [The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to Slop Over!… G. Washington never slopt over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artemas-ward/the-prevailin-weakness-of-most-public-men-is-to-slop-over-g/) [Artemas Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artemas-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/artemas-ward-36613_men_the-prevailin-weakness-of-most-public-me_348847.jpg) > [Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/our-public-men-are-speaking-every-day-on-something-but-they-ain-t/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/will-rogers-272_every-day_our-public-men-are-speaking-every-day-on_2934946.jpg) > [The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/the-most-powerful-men-are-not-public-men-a-public-man-is-responsible/) [Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/benjamin-disraeli-390_men_the-most-powerful-men-are-not-public-men_1694781.png) > [The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-b-johnson/the-men-who-have-guided-the-destiny-of-the-united-states-have-found/) [Lyndon B. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-b-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/lyndon-b-johnson-684_america_the-men-who-have-guided-the-destiny-of-t_1585671.jpg) > [“It was a constant source of irritation to him that the public men on his side were, on the whole, not conspicuously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/it-was-a-constant-source-of-irritation-to-him-that-the-public-men-on/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/george-eliot-84_greatness_it-was-a-constant-source-of-irritation-t_2913771.png) > [The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/the-men-who-administer-public-affairs-must-first-of-all-see-that/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_affair_the-men-who-administer-public-affairs-mu_279724.jpg) > [In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/in-government-offices-which-are-sensitive-to-the-vehemence-and/) [Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/walter-lippmann-1083_constituents_in-government-offices-which-are-sensitiv_767474.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/public-men/#itemlist", "name": "Public Men Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Storm Jameson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/storm-jameson/no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-moral-but-they-must-seem-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/storm-jameson-7438_asks_no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-mo_2706044.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/storm-jameson-7438_asks_no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-mo_2706044.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/storm-jameson-7438_asks_no-one-asks-public-men-to-be-strictly-mo_2706044.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No one asks public men to be strictly moral, but they must seem to be well-behaved.” — Storm Jameson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rutherford B. 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