Famous quotes by Public Servants

"Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are"

Robert Cecil, Public Servant

"You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with"

Markus Wolf, Public Servant

"The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation, because there was no peace"

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Public Servant

"I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance"

Frank Knox, Public Servant

"I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a thousand times nothing, but chances are they may be worth only that"

Arthur Levitt, Public Servant

"From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law"

Leon Jaworski, Public Servant

"Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world"

Margaret Chan, Public Servant

"It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community, as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries"

Li Peng, Public Servant

"The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say, but hard to accomplish"

Cofer Black, Public Servant

"An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides"

Edwin Meese, Public Servant

"Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar"

J. Edgar Hoover, Public Servant

"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody"

J. Edgar Hoover, Public Servant

"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins"

Clara Barton, Public Servant

"Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down"

Alexander Haig, Public Servant

"Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes"

Alexander Haig, Public Servant

"We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam"

Alexander Haig, Public Servant

"Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage"

Alexander Haig, Public Servant

"I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost"

John Philpot Curran, Public Servant

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance"

John Philpot Curran, Public Servant

"Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people"

Richard Perle, Public Servant

"The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States"

John Ashcroft, Public Servant

"So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing"

Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant

"As you know, in this country, Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent"

Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant

"You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it"

Charles Buxton, Public Servant

"Silence is sometimes the severest criticism"

Charles Buxton, Public Servant

"In life, as in chess, forethought wins"

Charles Buxton, Public Servant

"My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary"

Hans Frank, Public Servant

"My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort"

Hans Frank, Public Servant

"Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me"

Pierre Salinger, Public Servant

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