Public Service Quotes - Page 3

• We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

  W. H. Auden

  Inspirational, Funny, Helping Others

  W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press

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• One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Thinking, Government

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• Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity. It comes in a thousand colours, but the common denominator is: it's not about me - it's about we.

  Michael Ignatieff

  Mean, House, Political

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Give, but give until it hurts.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Hurt

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• It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to mold the mind of the voters in conformity with his own ideas of public welfare and public service. The important thing for the statesman of our age is not so much to know how to please the public, but to know how to sway the public. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.

  Edward Bernays

  Country, Government, Ideas

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• The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.

  David Brooks

  Government, Gains, Moral

  "The Gingrich Tragedy". Article by David Brooks, www.nytimes.com. December 8, 2011.

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• I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.

  Hillary Clinton

  Amazing Life, Most Amazing, Feels

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• What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

  Olympia Snowe

  Two, Voice, People

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• Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

  Jim Rohn

  Helping Others, Generosity, Giving

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 20, 2017

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• You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand

  Woodrow Wilson

  Spiritual Vision, Achievement, World Vision

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.15, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• Public service is good for you.

  Jim Flaherty

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• The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

  Samuel Smiles

  Kindness, Helping Others, Self

  Samuel Smiles (1871). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Characters, Conduct, and Perseverance”, p.6

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• And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Believe

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. August 25, 2008.

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• You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

  Jimmy Carter

  Religious, Believe, Divorce

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• See yourself always as cause, and perhaps a better world will be found among your effects.

  Robert Breault

  Making A Difference, World, Causes

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• My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

  Bill de Blasio

  My Family, Has Beens, Professional Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall.

  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

  Fall, Citizens, States

  "The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right" by Jean Jacques Rousseau, book III. chapter XV, Deputies or Representatives, 1913.

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• Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

  John Sununu

  Jobs, Growing Up, Real

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• Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

  Margaret Chase Smith

  Expectations, Criticism, Courtesy

  Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of Conscience”

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• Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

  Olympia Snowe

  Two, Political, Today

  "Olympia Snowe: Why I’m Leaving The Senate" by Olympia Snowe, www.washingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.

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• I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

  Shirley Temple

  Available

  "Prague Journal; Shirley Temple Black Unpacks a Bag of Memories" by Craig R. Whitney, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 1989.

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• Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace; third, deporting criminal and deportable aliens; fourth, giving assistance to states who need it, and denying illegal aliens benefits for public services or welfare.

  William J. Clinton

  Jobs, Law, Giving

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• We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Challenges, Corruption

  SABC TV2 Interview, oldgov.gcis.gov.za. February 16, 2003.

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• I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Hands, Liberty, Empty

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.69

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• I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

  Dan Quayle

  Believe, Careers, Politics

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