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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more
The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.