An excerpt from A Public Man …In public life I have always believed that right will prevail. 1 It has been my policy to obtain the facts – all the facts 2 possible – then to make the decision in the public interest 3 and to carry it out. If the facts justify the decision at the time 4 it is made, it will always be right. A public man should not 5 worry constantly about the verdict of history or what future 6 generations will say about him. He must live in the 7 present; make his decisions for the right on the facts as he 8 Notes: sees them, and history will take care of itself. 9 I believe a public man must know the history and 10 background of his state and his nation to enable him to 11 come more nearly to a proper decision in the public 12 interest. In my opinion, a man in public life must think. 13 always of the public welfare. He must be careful not to mix 14 his private and personal interests with his public actions. 15 The ethics of a public man must be unimpeachable. He 16 must learn to reject unwise or imprudent requests from 17 friends and associates without losing their friendship or 18 loyalty. 19 I believe that our Bill of Rights must be implemented in 20
An excerpt from A Public Man 1 …In public life I have always believed that right will prevail. 2 It has been my policy to obtain the facts – all the facts 3 possible – then to make the decision in the public interest 4 and to carry it out. If the facts justify the decision at the time 5 it is made, it will always be right. A public man should not 6 worry constantly about the verdict of history or what future 7 generations will say about him. He must live in the 8 present; make his decisions for the right on the facts as he Notes: 9 sees them, and history will take care of itself. 10 I believe a public man must know the history and 11 background of his state and his nation to enable him to 12 come more nearly to a proper decision in the public 13 interest. In my opinion, a man in public life must think. 14 always of the public welfare. He must be careful not to mix 15 his private and personal interests with his public actions. 16 The ethics of a public man must be unimpeachable. He 17 must learn to reject unwise or imprudent requests from 18 friends and associates without losing their friendship or 19 loyalty. 20 I believe that our Bill of Rights must be implemented in