Famous quotes containing the words states and/or public:
“On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husbands dinners.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“It is because the public are a massinert, obtuse, and passivethat they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they areand also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.”
—Alfred Jarry (18731907)