Public Service Quotes - Page 10

• I have had a career in public service.

  Scott McClellan

  Careers

  "McClellan: President practices ‘self-deception’". "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com.

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• I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.

  Karen Duffy

  Age, Campaigns, Appearance

  "Model lives with chronic disease". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. May 27, 1999.

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• My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress.

  Julian Castro

  Grandmother, Two, People

  Julian Castro's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

  Charles Edison

  Office, Foundation, Purpose

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• Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

  Jennifer Granholm

  People, Calling, Used

  "Madame Voldemort Is Wrong: Public Employees Are American Heroes" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2012.

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• My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party.

  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

  Party, Grandmother, People

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• I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

  Bob Kerrey

  Political, Causes, Values

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• Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.

  Mark Udall

  Mean, Gay, Voice

  "I Support Marriage Equality" by Mark Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2011.

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• I could be anything I wanted because I was an American. And I hope that that's really what's propelled me into public service.

  Marco Rubio

  Wanted

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I'm going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.

  Mike McGavick

  Possibility, My Future, Future Work

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• The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.

  Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

  Team, Home, Important

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• We're not the public service of Canada, we're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people.

  Rick Hillier

  Jobs, Army, People

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• I think, certainly, in history, if you look back, a lot of people would go through their careers, build a business, or be a doctor, lawyer, and then they would go and do public service later on in their careers.

  Dana Perino

  Thinking, Doctors, Careers

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It was the economic benefit,You make a comfortable living in public service and you get a fairly comfortable retirement, if you watch your pennies and you're not extravagant. But in television, if a show goes, you make a substantial amount of money. So, economically it just didn't make sense for me not to.

  Mills Lane

  Retirement, Pennies, Comfort

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• Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.

  Walter Cronkite

  Integrity, Government, People

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• When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run.

  Andy Stern

  Running, Jobs, Thinking

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• Gandhi has sound economic and cultural reasons for encouraging the revival of cottage industries, but he does not counsel a fanatical repudiation of all modern progress. Machinery, trains, automobiles, the telegraph have played important parts in his own colossal life! Fifty years of public service, in prison and out, wrestling daily with practical details and harsh realities in the political world, have only increased his balance, open-mindedness, sanity, and humorous appreciation of the quaint human spectacle.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Appreciation, Humorous, Wrestling

  "Autobiography of a Yogi". Book by Autobiography of a Yogi, Ch. 44 - With Mahatma Gandhi At Wardha, 1946.

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• We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the public service. Why should we accept from them a discourse which suggests contempt for us and for the democratic system?

  John Ralston Saul

  Office, Accepting, Should

  "The Doubter's Companion". Book by John Ralston Saul, 1994.

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• Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it's flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I'm getting now in perspective.

  Barack Obama

  Names, Years, Perspective

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• A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

  Thomas Sowell

  Careers, People, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

  Sean Hannity

  Life Lesson, Lessons, Want

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• Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service.

  Peggy Noonan

  Accomplishment, Way, Return

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• We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.

  George Soros

  Style, Trying, Use

  George Soros (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, Wiley

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• My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

  Madeleine Albright

  Regret, Years, Community

  "Madam Secretary". Book by Madeleine Albright, en.wikiquote.org. 2003.

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• From a personal perspective, because I'm on a watchlist and went through years of trying to find out why, of having the government refuse to confirm or deny the very existence of such a list, it's so meaningful to have its existence brought into the open so that the public knows there is a watchlist, and so that the courts can now address the legality of it. I mean, the person who revealed this has done a huge public service and I'm personally thankful.

  Laura Poitras

  Meaningful, Government, Years

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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