#public life

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. ↗

— Peter Schuyler

#because #elections #every #fair #finance

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#could #facet #his #how #i

My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good? ↗

— Joseph Howe

#before #believe #down #good #i

And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that I've been in public life is what you see is what you get. And I'm no different when I'm sitting with you than I am when I'm at home or anyplace else. ↗

— Chris Christie

#am #anyplace #been #decade #different

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

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations. ↗

— George William Norris

#about #advocate #agreement #been #between

I've never had a very great public life. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#had #i #life #never #public

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#life #public #public life #racket #want

The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning. ↗

— Robert Casey

#beginning #issue #life #public #public life

The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certain things. No, we can't do certain things. ↗

— Chris Christie

#certain #certain things #continue #entitlement #entitlement programs