In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.