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"How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high and solemn, as yourself!"

"To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up."

"Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about."

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."

"Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety."

"I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants."

"Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy."

"If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable."
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"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."

"Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

"The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful."

"Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations."

"There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want."

"Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job."
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