Public policy is designed by spin doctors who aim to keep our heads below the water. The public good is not a consideration, and their self-serving agendas prevail over common sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices - so it's not surprising that they're getting imperfect results.
The belief that public health measures are not intended for people like us is widely held by many people like me. Public health, we assume, is for people with less - less education, less-healthy habits, less access to quality health care, less time and money.
There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.
In America, public opinion is the leader.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.
A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs.