Public
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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.
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.
The American public has a right to know what's going on.