Public Service Quotes

“The public demands forecasts, and we must do the best we can with the means at hand.”

“The government's job is to do the things that people can't do for themselves.”

“The great thing about being a lawyer is that you can get involved in almost any public issue.”

“Nothing I have ever done has been tinged with any sense of personal gain.”

“There has never been a time when there has been a more crying need for the service of women in public life.”

“Public service is a public trust, and I have never forgotten that.”

“It is not the role of the director to be a political person.”

“The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.”

“If you want to go into public service, you've got to be a professional. A professional is someone who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it.”

“You have been in politics long enough to know that no man in public life owes the public anything.”

“We are the land-grant university. We are the university of the people.”

“We ought to be reminding ourselves that the purpose of government is to be a servant of the people, not a master.”

“The role of the journalist is to ask the questions that the public would ask if they had the chance.”

“You want to do what's best for the people.”

“When I came to Washington, I promised to serve, not to be served.”

“The folks back home are my employers, and I never forget that.”

“I'm a great believer in the importance of public service broadcasting.”

“My job is to get the best I can for the NHS, and that’s what I’ll go on doing.”

“Public service is a noble calling and a public trust.”

“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.”