Public

"A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time."

"There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."

"The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity."

"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion."

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

"If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly."

"Praise in public; criticize in private."

"It's hard to improve public education - that's clear."

"In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future."

"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources."

"I went public too soon. Stay private as long as you can."

"We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."

"Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident."

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"The 'public' scares me, but people I trust."