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Public Quotes by Mark Twain
- Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
- Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.
- We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a…
- I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's verdict…
- Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will…
- It has always been a peculiarity of the human race that it keeps two sets of morals in stock-the private and the real, and the…
- A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public
- Out of the public schools comes the greatness of the nation.
- A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for…
- It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for…
- The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to…
- No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.
- The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
- The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'
- Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion.
- The new political gospel: public office is private graft.
- To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public…
- In my experience, only third-rate intelligence is sent to Legislatures to make laws, because the first-rate article will not leave important private interests go unwatched…
- It's name is Public opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
More Public Quotes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.… — Neil Armstrong
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
- We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it… — Julian Assange
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on… — Jensen Ackles
- I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet