Public Men Quotes
17 quotes by 12 authors
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The greatest superstition now entertained by public men is that hypocrisy is the royal road to success.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds.
— William Butler Yeats
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The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.
— Samuel Adams
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It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie…
— Hilaire Belloc
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Homosexuality involves sexual acts most men consider not only immoral, but filthy. The reason public men rarely say aloud what most say privately is they…
— Pat Buchanan
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Democracy is a word all public men use and none understand.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the…
— Walter Lippmann
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and…
— J. William Fulbright
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Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.
— Rutherford B. Hayes
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Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.
— Will Rogers
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In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em.
— Will Rogers
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I have often said in answer to inquiries as to how I got away with kidding some of our public men, that it was because…
— Will Rogers
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Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.
— George Bernard Shaw
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The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual…
— Walter Lippmann
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and…
— J. William Fulbright
Who Wrote These Public Men Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 17 Public Men Quotes as follows: