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A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault o

A man in public life expects to be sneered at — it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. – Charles Dickens

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How many young men, in all previous times of unprecedented steadiness, had turned suddenly wild and wicked for the same reason, and, in an ecstasy of unrequited love, taken to wrench off door-knockers, and invert the boxes of rheumatic watchmen! – Charles Dickens

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The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are viewed as no more than ignorant and meddlesome outsiders, a bewildered herd. – Noam Chomsky

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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. – Michel de Montaigne

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I never know when I press these whether I am going to blow up Massachusetts or start the project. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man. – Richard Milhous Nixon

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