We’ve collected the best Public Service Quotes from the greatest minds of the world: Catherine Cortez-Masto, Kim Reynolds, John C. Calhoun, Amul Thapar, Joe Kennedy III. Use them as an inspiration.
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Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day.
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There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires.
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Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I’m definitely interested in.
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For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I’ve considered Lacy a close personal friend.
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I am drawn to public service.
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Sen. Sessions’ commitment to public service is nearly unparalleled in Alabama history, and his departure from the Senate leaves tremendous shoes to fill.
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I don’t want to do anything that capitalizes personally on the fact that I’ve been in public service.
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I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.
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My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
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I was raised in a family dedicated to public service.
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When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.
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My agenda for national public service would provide a pathway to the middle class for all Americans and would ensure that those who dedicate themselves to their communities are rewarded for their efforts.
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I’m very goal-oriented. I do see myself doing something in public service.
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My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.
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Throughout my life, I’ve always believed that the sole purpose of public service is to improve the lives of the people around us. From the Freeport Town Council to serving as Speaker of the State House, I’ve kept that sense of purpose close to my heart – consistently and passionately asking myself how we make progress.
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Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
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The candidates we have in this campaign are… the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we’ve had since 1960. One of them will be successful.
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I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee… and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.
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What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven‘t sensed that possibility you don’t get started in the same way, you don’t feel you can have an impact.
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In 1984, Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to serve as a legislative intern in his office in Washington, D.C. Coming from humble beginnings, the experience changed my life and charted me on a path of public service.
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I will not seek reelection the United States Senate but will retire from public service in January 2013. There is no reason other than the fact than I think it’s time.
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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.
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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.
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We need the best and the brightest to go into public service.
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I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War‘s harshest battlefields. After leaving the Marine Corps, I studied law and found a fulfilling career as an author and journalist. But again and again, I came back to the personal fulfillment that can only come from public service.
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My whole life has been dedicated to public service.
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My great hope for my speck of time on this planet would be that I live and die, and that what I leave behind has made some kind of impression and has been for the better in terms of my family and friends and, in my case, public service.
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In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.
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Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.
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I don’t know if I would ever truly want somebody‘s life in my hands. I think what these people, what doctors and nurses and public service employees do on a day-to-day basis, is unreal, and it takes a special type of person to do that – and I don’t think I’m that type of person. I’m happy to play one on TV.
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The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
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For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.
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I’ll put my conservative record up against anybody’s record. I have a 10-year career in public service, and I’m proud of the things I’ve been able to accomplish.
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When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.
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My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.
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Public service is a core value for people of my generation.
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I do believe we have to understand why reality turned out to be different than expectations and estimates. But you have more public service – certainly many of you – than I have ever had, and you recognize that this is not unusual.
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Comey is an extraordinarily gifted man who has contributed much during his many years of public service.
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All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.
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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
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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 can’t be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.
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I’ve dedicated my life in public service to defeating climate change.
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I’ve been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.
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Confrontational or not, my approach to public service has always been fighting for my families.
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When I decided to run for Congress, I saw it as an opportunity to serve the South Jersey community that had become my home after signing to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. I didn’t choose public service out of political ambition or a desire for power, and never once thought of making a career of it.
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I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War‘s harshest battlefields. After leaving the Marine Corps, I studied law and found a fulfilling career as an author and journalist. But again and again, I came back to the personal fulfillment that can only come from public service.
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I don’t want to run for governor, but I don’t think anyone should put public service out of the question because that’s not what a good citizen does.
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I like to think that I am providing a public service to educate parents.
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In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.
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I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.
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At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I’m proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.
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The Granite State has a long and proud tradition of public service, and we have to ensure that it stays that way for generations to come.
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Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.
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And you realise you’re doing a public service in making people happy – as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It’s not scientific. It’s spiritual – a good feeling. And although you don’t know them personally, the audience are like your friends.
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I have had a career in public service.
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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.
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Vice President Mondale was an individual deeply devoted to public service.
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Our officers work tirelessly on the front lines every day and truly embody the spirit of selflessness and public service found only in the bravest amongst us. We are forever grateful for their continued courage and sacrifice.
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I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
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After seven extraordinary and fulfilling years, during which we have transformed TalkTalk’s customer experience and laid the foundations for long-term growth, I’ve decided it’s time for me to start handing over the reins at TalkTalk and focus more on my activities in public service.
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My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base – then it was time to give back and go into public service.
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I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of ’97.
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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.
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I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That’s what inspired me to work in public service.
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I think I’ve been very, very lucky in my life, and I do believe in public service.
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In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That’s what inspired me to work in public service.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty‘ is a great piece of filmmaking and does a valuable public service by raising difficult questions most Hollywood movies shy away from, but as of this writing, it seems that one of its central themes – that torture was instrumental to tracking down bin Laden – is not supported by the facts.
