Famous quotes by Public Servants

"These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion"

Gale Norton, Public Servant

"I was a little too young to be a hippie"

Gale Norton, Public Servant

"It is a ship with a great deal of sail but a very shallow keel"

Robert Bork, Public Servant

"In a constitutional democracy, the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge"

Robert Bork, Public Servant

"A society deadened by a smothering network of laws, while finding release in moral chaos, is not likely to be either happy or stable"

Robert Bork, Public Servant

"We need to stop saying we can't rock this boat when it needs to be rocked"

Sibel Edmonds, Public Servant

"I see people detained for simple INS violations"

Sibel Edmonds, Public Servant

"Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want"

Eliot Ness, Public Servant

"Usually, those persons closest to the incoming President will be the main leaders of the Transition effort. They are most familiar with his policies and practices, and are able to interpret his wishes regarding the structure and staffing of the new Administration"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years"

Sibel Edmonds, Public Servant

"We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to - be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"I don't have a particular recommendation other than that we base decisions on as much hard data as possible. We need to carefully look at all the options and all their ramifications in making our decisions"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption"

Dorothy Denning, Public Servant

"There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year"

Richard V. Allen, Public Servant

"I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment"

Gale Norton, Public Servant

"Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time"

Gale Norton, Public Servant

"I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on, it will, I am sure, be improved"

Cordell Hull, Public Servant

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