Public Man Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

• The great corrupter of public man is the ego.... Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. — Dean Acheson
• No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty. — Herbert Hoover
• There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest,… — Georges Pompidou
• Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life. — Lyn Nofziger
• A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts… — Lord Acton
• The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• 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
• A man ain't got no right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views. — Charles Dickens
• I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of… — Francis Walsingham
• The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man. — Winston Churchill
• The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. — Abraham Lincoln
• A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue. — Richard M. Nixon
• An Irish Airman foresees his Death I Know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do… — William Butler Yeats
• Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman. — Paul Johnson
• No public man can be just a little crooked. — Herbert Hoover

Who Wrote These Public Man Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 Public Man Quotes as follows:

• 2 Public Man Quotes by Herbert Hoover
• 1 Public Man Quote by Francis Walsingham
• 1 Public Man Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Public Man Quote by Abraham Lincoln
• 1 Public Man Quote by Richard M. Nixon
• 1 Public Man Quote by William Butler Yeats
• 1 Public Man Quote by Paul Johnson
• 1 Public Man Quote by Dean Acheson
• 1 Public Man Quote by Georges Pompidou
• 1 Public Man Quote by Lyn Nofziger
• 1 Public Man Quote by Lord Acton
• 1 Public Man Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
• 1 Public Man Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• 1 Public Man Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin
• 1 Public Man Quote by Charles Dickens