先 (first) 公 (public) 後 (later) 私 (private) "I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either." - Sophocles
"Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values." - Louis D. Brandeis
"I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got." - Richard M. Nixon
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