Public Interest Quotes

76 quotes by 69 authors

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes… — Ayn Rand
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual, in a church… — Abraham Lincoln
...there is no more effective public interest watchdog in Washington, D.C. — Bill Moyers
If you are given a public responsibility, you have to listen, weigh up all the issues, but ultimately you have to form a view of… — Graeme Samuel
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in… — William Howard Taft
People do want to know, there is curiosity, it is a matter of public interest. That is not sufficient reason to disclose information. It is… — Tharman Shanmugaratnam
As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty. — Ralph Nader
The public interest always surprises me. I come to work in these rooms with no windows. At night I go home. I just live my… — Dave Goelz
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. — Arlen Specter
Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional… — Joan Konner
The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America. — John F. Kennedy
Public Interest is a term used by every politician to support his ideas. — W. M. Kiplinger
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. — Edward Snowden
A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and… — Woodrow Wilson
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is… — Cardinal Richelieu
Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats who conceived and… — Thomas R. Pickering
We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides 'equally'… — Mark Halperin
A newspaper is a private enterprise owing nothing whatsoever to the public, which grants it no franchise. It is therefore affected with no public interest. — William Peter Hamilton
They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that… — James L. Buckley
Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if… — Peter Diamandis

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