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«The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.»
«The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.»
«To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
(President)
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«The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights»
Author: William Blackstone
(Jurist)
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Best interests, essentially, Individual right, individual rights, interested, Nothing More, private, private interest, protection, protections, public, public good, rights, The Public Interest
«To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.»
Author: Simone Weil
(Activist, Mystic, Philosopher)
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conceived, defined, morality, notion, public, public morality, set up, standard, tyranny
«The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
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individuals, Individual right, individual rights, interest, interests, precedence, private, private interest, public, public interest, rights, supersede, superseded, supersedes, The Public Interest
«The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all»
«The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Curiosity,
People,
Uselessness,
Worthiness
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curiosity, except, insatiable, public
«The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.»
«The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public»
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