Private Quotes

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My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as a thinker and… — Camille Paglia
The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality. — George Washington
I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort. — John F. Kennedy
It's true that private enterprise is extremely flexible, But its only good within very narrow limits. If private enterprise isn't held in an iron grip… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. — Steven Rattner
I've learned... that sometimes coming public with certain things, it inspires other people. And sometimes I want to keep things private... but then I found… — Bubba Watson
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even… — William Blackstone
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Private, accidental, confidential conversation breeds thought. Clubs produce oftener words. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The riddle of the age has for each a private solution. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely… — Oscar Wilde
Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance. — Mark Twain
The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today the… — Ron Paul
Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private. — Michel de Montaigne
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies… — Thomas Jefferson
Formerly, a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary, to keep him… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The essence of government is concern for the widest possible public interest; the essence of the humanities, it seems to me, is private study, thought,… — John Updike
A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. — William Penn
It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite. — Saul Bellow
Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, including extremely vulgar ones, in public as well as… — Margaret Mead
The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair. — Robert Breault
I am a private person, but I will reveal this about myself: if you start massaging my shoulders, don't expect me to tell you to… — Robert Breault
Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's leaked or revealed… — Andrew Young
I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I look… — Richard Cobden

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