Public
Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
A public house; an inn.
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Public Quotations
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
Winston Churchill
Public opinion in this country is everything.
Abraham Lincoln
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham Lincoln
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham Lincoln
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
Abraham Lincoln
He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Abraham Lincoln
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
Oscar Wilde
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Mark Twain
The Public is merely a multiplied "me."
Mark Twain
Public Translations
public in Afrikaans is publiek
public in Danish is offentlig
public in Dutch is openbaar, openlijk, ruchtbaar, publiek
public in French is universel, public
public in Italian is pubblico, pubblico
public in Latin is publicus
public in Swedish is statlig, offentlig, publik
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