Public Service Quotes - Page 11

• If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Buddhist, Giving

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• Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Anger, Helping Others

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• I'm not so sure liberal democracy as we know it has reached its terminus. It's clear though, that many have genuinely lost confidence in the Australian political class. One reason is that we like to place enormous burdens of expectations on modern political leaders. To be sure such expectations aren't always honest. Just as we want better public services but object to paying the higher taxes that would make them possible, we often want leadership but only if there aren't hard choices with real consequences.

  Tim Soutphommasane

  Leadership, Real, Class

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• Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.

  Maggie Kuhn

  Retirement, Feet, People

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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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• In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You cant be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

  Chuck Todd

  Simple, Politician, Ted Kennedy

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• I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

  Janice Hahn

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

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• It is such a disappointment in American political reaction and actions. When some of our politicians are flying around the country in private airplanes all the time, using public services as their mode of private transportation, and then criticizing us who are in business.

  Arnold Palmer

  Country, Disappointment, Airplane

  Source: query.nytimes.com

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• Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief; above all be brief.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Soldier, Loyal, Foundation

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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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• I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service. And for the last 17 years, ever since my husband started running for president, I have been in the spotlight, working hard. And this job is incredibly all-encompassing. So I think I'm looking forward to maybe taking some time off

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Jobs, Husband

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• I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.

  Madeleine Albright

  Thinking, People, Feminist

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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• I think that Americans are very grateful to the Bush family for their public service.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Grateful, Thinking

  "Trump dropped his birtherism stance to 'get on with campaign' - as it happened" by Scott Bixby, Tom McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2016.

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• I was raised in a wonderful family of faith. It was church on Sunday morning and grace before dinner, but my Christian faith became real for me when I made a personal decision for Christ when I was a freshman in college, and I've tried to live that out however imperfectly every day of my life since, and with my wife at my side, we've followed a calling in the public service where we've tried to keep faith with values that we cherish.

  Mike Pence

  Christian, Morning, Real

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Even the former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has come out to say that he believed that [Edward] Snowden performed a public service, and I couldn't agree more.

  Zachary Quinto

  United States, Eric, Attorney

  Interview with Patrick J. Adams, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 18, 2016.

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• You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

  Douglas Wilder

  Moving, Term, Obligation

  "Then & Now: Douglas Wilder". www.cnn.com. June 19, 2005.

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• I was born into public service.

  Janice Hahn

  Born

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• Public service announcement: In case of a terrorist attack, bottled water and duct tape are not going to do a damn thing. So do what Homeland Security Dir. Tom Ridge does: Get really drunk, and pick up a hooker.

  David Letterman

  Water, Drunk, Doe

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• Which is more worthwhile earning: a large fortune or the esteem and gratitude of the nation? This question is prompted anew by the death of ex-Secretary of the Interior [Franklin K.] Lane. He remained in public service, doing most noble work, until his means became absolutely exhausted, and he died before having had the opportunity to reaccumulate any bank account.... He died leaving no estate whatsoever. Is what he did leave more to be desired, more to be coveted, than a fortune reaching into six or seven figures?

  B. C. Forbes

  Gratitude, Mean, Opportunity

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• The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Character, Long, President

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• Oh, he was probably a member of the National Rifle Association. It was a group that helped criminals get guns so they could shoot citizens. It was a public service.

  Woody Allen

  Gun, Criminals, Groups

  "Fictional character: Miles Monroe". Sleeper, 1973.

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