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The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims. — Lu Xun

I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service. — Ronald Reagan

Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. — Jimmy Carter

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. — Eric Liu

You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena. — Jon Stewart

If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public — Edward Snowden

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter. — John F. Kennedy

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past 5 decades — Marc Lamont Hill

[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. — James Madison

If the government needs to tax something new, I suggest it be a tax on eye rolling and whispering in public — Robert J. Braathe

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever. — Nancy Pelosi

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust. — Mike Quigley

When there's a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there's public input, the people usually win. — Morgan Carroll

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State. — Sophocles

I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work. — Steny Hoyer

People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed. — Arlen Specter

The task of government was not to stop selfish striving - a hopeless task - but to harness it for the public good. — Ron Chernow

Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful. — John Stuart Mill

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs. — Robert Quillen

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good. — Luc De Clapiers

If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life. — Robertson Davies

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process. — Gerald R. Ford

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. — John Adams

Government activities that are for public consumption are eyewash from the citizens. — Dennis Garvin

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. — Tommy Douglas

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens. — Martha Gellhorn

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed. — Cynthia Dill

The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food products, no question. — Marion Nestle

I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere. — Rand Paul

Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen. — Grover Cleveland

Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose. — Michael Bloomberg

He has to conceal what he would most wish to make public, and make public what he would most wish to conceal. — Winston Churchill

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government. — Joseph Addison

Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government. — Jonah Goldberg

Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. — James Madison

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. — William Ewart Gladstone

For Madison, on the other hand, "a Public Debt is a Public curse," and "in a Representative Government greater than in any other."26 — Joseph J. Ellis

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? — Voltaire

Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again. — Grover Cleveland

Public opinion in this country is everything. — Abraham Lincoln

Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government. — Mike Pence

Excessive administration secrecy ... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government. — John McCain

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Looking back at Tim Cook's public appearances in the last few years makes the standoff with the government look almost inevitable. — Laura Sydell

And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness? — Edward Bellamy

Corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table. — Arianna Huffington

[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves. — David Lloyd George

In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agencies, government regulators. — Victor Koo

Public-private leads to private-private, and soon you have the Circle running most or even all government services, — Dave Eggers

In public affairs, stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because it is harder to fight. — Woodrow Wilson

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Public instruction should be the first object of government. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to prevent their growth in our own. — John Adams

And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds. — Patrick J. Kennedy

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. — George Washington

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work. — W. Allen Wallis

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety. — Bob Wise

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur. — Stephen Hawking

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. — Jacob K. Javits

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other. — James Madison

Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. — Edward Snowden

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion. — Ludwig Von Mises

Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy. — Charles Kennedy

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. — Andrew Jackson

People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results. — Martin O'Malley

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger. — Dave Barry

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual. — George C. Marshall

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government. — Eric Schneiderman

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. — Kin Hubbard

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Private property is redundant. "Public property" is an oxymoron. All legit property is private. If property isn't private it's stolen. — Gustave De Molinari

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 morals. — Mark Twain

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids. — Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. — Dan Rather

At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today. — Phil Zimmermann

Opinion pages have an impact on public debate, and they sometimes reveal things the government would rather have kept quiet. — Andrew Rosenthal

The USA legal system is designed to enrich lawyers, protect the government and corporations, and shaft the general public. — Steven Magee

The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest. — Steven Magee

Public influence is the real government of the world. — Josiah Warren

Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life. — Elmer Davis

Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall — J.D. Vance

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion can change the government. — Abraham Lincoln

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that. — Shirin Ebadi

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree. — Thomas Jefferson

Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions? — Mickey Kaus

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it. — Mitt Romney

The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of regulation of public health and safety. — Steven Magee

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money. — Margaret Thatcher

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them. — George Bernard Shaw

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again. — Barack Obama

Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid. — Rand Paul

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. — Mackenzie King

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state. — Robert Zoellick

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits. — Emile Capouya

At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure. — Ma Jun

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden