William Randolph Hearst Quotes

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

The public interest is not defined as what is interesting to the public.

How many thousands pronounce boldly on the affairs of the public whom God nor men never qualified for such judgment?

And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

The public interest is more than the sum total of the interest groups.

This role is designed to question the behavior of government officials on behalf of the public. I think people who have done this and all jobs in journalism have believed that.

I don't want to claim that my government can find solutions to all the problems facing the people.

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare.

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.