Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

[Weah said he was] totally different ... One, she is a woman and I am a man; two, she is older and I am younger; she is an old politician and I'm an new politician. At the same time I have never hurt humanity she did. I have never organized insurgency she did.

Public trust is essential to public safety.

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.