Public Service Quotes

"Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country" "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job" "The people in this country have my last breath, from the son of a salesman in Scranton." "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." "If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought." "Governance is about fulfilling the people's needs" "Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism" "Anyone who is elected mayor of a city has a few screws loose." "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." "A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works" "Citizenship consists in the service of the country" "The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government" "The eyes of the nation are upon us. We are the stewards of its resources. We shall be remembered in spite of ourselves." "An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere" "I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, but I don't see myself being queen of this country " "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government" "Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you" "In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office"