#pub

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#back #had #hoped #i #life

But you're never taught in schools - we don't teach anyone in public schools that government is the problem. We don't teach anyone in college that government is the problem - except maybe a handful of sort of unique, conservative schools. But mainstream media never talks as if government is the problem. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#college #conservative #except #government #handful

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#barack #barack obama #i #money #more

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#any #belong #black #dyed #freedom

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#cliche #closed #doors #i #image

It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate. ↗

— Rita Dove

#being #combination #exciting #find #i

Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or these things will really become troubling. ↗

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

#become #both #economy #going #keep

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public. ↗

— Tipper Gore

#cities #daily #email #family #family members

Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they certainly don't want to say it out loud. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#creates #districts #government #government spending #jobs

Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids' toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#danger #employees #firefighters #hesitate #huge