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.
Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the 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.
No public man can be just a little crooked.
A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.