The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?

But a blank he cannot be: there are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be a blot radiating his dark influence outward to the very circumference...

The public! why, the public’s nothing better than a great baby.