Public Service Quotes

"I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it."

"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."

Henry Clay

"The administration of government, like a guardianship, ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust."

Cicero

“I have spent my career as a prosecutor. I've only had one client in my entire life, and that has been the people.”

“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”

"The government is merely a servant - merely a temporary servant."

Mark Twain

"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees."

Henry Clay

"Public office is a public trust."

Grover Cleveland