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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore Roosevelt
Criticism
President
Must
Morally
Announce
American
Public
American Public
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom
Freedom
Liberty
Thought
Freedom Of Speech
Without
Public
Thing
Speech
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.
Thomas Sowell
News
Business
People
Important
Propaganda
More
Understand
Sources
Accordingly
Reporting
Difference
Decide
Cannot
Whether
Public
Choose
Manufacturing
Media
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Day
Money
Will
Congress
Until
Discovers
American
Endure
Republic
Public
American Republic
Bribe
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
Ayn Rand
Vote
Rights
Oppression
Political
Minority
Earth
Minorities
Individual
Individual Rights
Smallest
Protect
Majority
Subject
Precisely
Public
Function
Away
Right
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
H. L. Mencken
Me
Honesty
Hate
Decency
Sense
Everything
Say
Favor
Strongly
Makes
Am
Forever
Office
Common
Common Sense
Inaccurate
Public
Public Office
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston Churchill
Only
Opinion
Public
Public Opinion
Published
Thing
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
Emmanuel Macron
Politics
Become
Politicians
More
Longer
Mission
Self-Serving
Than
Public
Profession
Public Servants
Servants
In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
Benjamin Franklin
Youth
Made
On The Contrary
More
Observed
Countries
Course
Became
Were
Provided
Provisions
Contrary
Did
Done
Different
Different Countries
Public
Them
Poor
Themselves
Poorer
Much
Richer
Less
Traveled
The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
Robert Peel
Time
Police
Welfare
Citizen
Community
Every
Incumbent
Members
Give
Only
Attention
Existence
Duties
Being
Which
Public
Interests
Paid
Full
Full-Time
Who
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma Gandhi
Truth
Support
Public
Stands
Even
Public Support
I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.
Elvis Presley
Highly
Very
Trained
Accountants
Public
Use
Bodyguards
Certified
Specific
Two
We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'
Ramez Naam
Time
Best
Good
Freedom
Corruption
Communication
Ending
Seen
Politician
Say
Those
Administrator
Corrupt
Online
Economic
Economic Growth
Countries
Over
Governance
Go
Official
Public
Populace
Growth
Good Governance
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce
Politics
Strife
Advantage
Masquerading
Principles
Contest
Affairs
Private
Conduct
Public
Public Affairs
Interests
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry
Jealous
Freedom
You
Liberty
Will
Nothing
Guard
Approaches
Everyone
Ruined
Give
Attention
Force
Inevitably
Up
Suspect
Whenever
Unfortunately
Public
Who
Downright
Jewel
Preserve
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.
Davy Crockett
Charity
Money
Own
Congress
Our
Please
Appropriate
Members
Give
Individuals
Dollar
Public
Much
Public Money
Away
Right
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
Gore Vidal
Chaos
Given
Superstition
Misinformation
Opinion
Any
Any Given Moment
Public
Prejudice
Public Opinion
Moment
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
Freedom
Man
Trust
Liberty
Men
Free
Power
Living
Ought
Danger
Free Government
Only
Endanger
Maxim
Public
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.
Christopher Dodd
Rights
Free
Free Press
Free Speech
Other
Press
Liberties
Threatened
Risk
Know
Dear
Endangered
Hold
Public
Right
Speech
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand
Savage
Freedom
Privacy
Man
Progress
Men
Free
Society
Setting
Ruled
Tribe
Laws
Civilization
Toward
His
Existence
Process
Public
Whole
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
Henry A. Wallace
Poison
Channels
Would
Method
His
American
Information
Public
Prefer
Use
Fascist
Violence
Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.
Margaret Chase Smith
Service
People
Job
Nation
Dedication
Honestly
Complete
Must
More
Doing
Than
Efficiently
Public
Public Service
There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
George Washington
Happiness
Knowledge
Science
Better
Country
Nothing
Every
Promotion
Surest
Than
Literature
Patronage
Which
Public
Your
Deserve
Basis
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
Barack Obama
Day
Law
Police
Safety
Job
Tough
Single
Every
Our
Those
Tough Job
Put
Maintain
Police Officers
Single Day
Understand
Got
Line
Accountable
Officers
Hold
Break
Public
Us
Who
Public Safety
Lives
Every Single Day
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
James Bovard
Government
Good
Selfish
Lie
People
Own
Politicians
Our
Bad
Bad Government
Almost
Docile
Public
Us
Public Good
Good And Bad
Interests
Means
Now
Right
Good Government
Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
Barack Obama
Family
Respect
Equality
Law
Remember
Values
Part
Protest
American
Common
Order
American Family
Common Values
Public
Us
Belief
Let Us
Peaceful
United
Right
Basic
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