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I joined the army as a private, I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

Quote by Shimon Peres about time

Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job. Everything that is most mine belongs to everyone now.

Quote by Sandra Cisneros about privacy, order, time, life

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't...

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.

Quote by Aaliyah about life, things

All Hawaii beaches are open to the public - there's no...

All Hawaii beaches are open to the public - there's no such thing as a private beach.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about public, things

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, old, olderness, good, good luck

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about common sense, interest, public, good, good luck

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about individuality, age, olderness, nothing, good, good luck

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about morality

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual...

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

Quote by John Adams about self-control

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

Quote by Joseph Addison about honour

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.

Quote by Warren Beatty about safety, public, teachers

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

Quote by Warren Beatty about public, opinion

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Quote by Aristotel about common sense, affair, use, man

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a...

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sin, public, world

People don't know very much about me. They do not know...

People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about life, people

To have a public life, you still have the right to a...

To have a public life, you still have the right to a private life.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about life, public, rightness

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.

Quote by Greta Garbo about heart, people, things

Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save,...

Quote by Martin Feldstein about work

Above all we should not forget that government is an...

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

Quote by William Godwin about conscience

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer...

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about country, world

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