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1 " Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens; and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite public agents to corruption, plunder and waste. "
― Thomas Jefferson
2 " REAL Entrepreneurs will be the one's who change the world for the better.Governments must become PUBLIC servants to create the best context and mindsets for people to succeed. We need to ReThink Entrepreneurial success and the role of Public Service in supporting that... or we, and our children, will pay the ultimate price. "
― Tony Dovale - ReThink Your Success Mindset tonydovalespeaks.com
3 " A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for? "
― H.M. Forester
4 " What if we were to subject public servants like politicians to a battery of psychological tests like the MMPI? Maybe we could determine which of them were more likely to become corrupt and save them the trouble of lengthy, expensive campaigns where they are ultimately harassed by greedy corporations. "
― , Quixotic
5 " Fortunately, we Argentines have decided to change. We believe politics needs to be led by public servants with a vocation to give and construct. "
6 " The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child. "