“All publicity is good publicity.”
“The noblest motive is the public good.”
“If you want to create a high-society, you must give high things to the public! Show the public eagle; public will be an eagle! Show the public a rat, public will be a rat! Whatever you give to the public, public will take that! To create a high-society, you must give high things to the public!”
“The public is largely influenced by the look of a book. So are we all. It is the only artistic thing about the public.”
“Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.”
“The public library is a center of public happiness first, of public education next.”