Public Man Quotes

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
Abraham Lincoln

Time, Best, Him

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
Richard M. Nixon

Forget, Rather, Public

No public man can be just a little crooked.
Herbert Hoover

Public, Crooked

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
Dean Acheson

Great, Ego, Problem

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
Lyn Nofziger

Life, Public, Private

I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place.
Francis Walsingham

God, Nothing, Person

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