"It is too rarely recognized that the concept of "public" is absolutely irreducible to the "state." The term "publicum…"

"The public revealed its single most predictable trait: fickleness."

"When the public narrative significantly diverges from lived experience, the only outcome is more frustration among th…"

"Those closest, and so most accountable, to the people are best positioned to protect their rights."

"Nec audiendi sunt qui solent dicere vox populi, vox dei; cum tumultus vulgi semper insaniæ proxima sit."

"Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot capita in unum conspirare possint?"

"The great unwashed."

"The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the spec…"

"The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny."

"The way is not made easy for those who would defend the public interest."