I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30…

I want to be a public servant, not a politician.

— Joe Sestak

Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.

— Alan Clark

My dad was a civil servant, and my mum was a secretary.

— Julia Davis

A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god. He is…

— Jose Mujica

It is essential for men of science to take an interest in the administration of their own affairs or else the professional civil servant…

— Ernest Rutherford

I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.

— Billy Joel

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

— Sargent Shriver

As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and science, to…

— Geoff Mulgan

I mean, really, compared to a senior civil servant, I'm very modestly paid!

— David Starkey

There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good…

— Chester A. Arthur

In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

— Robert A. Heinlein

If every civil servant does his job perfectly, then I am sure the world will be a better place.

— Jagapathi Babu

I can't see the point in being in politics if you're not yourself. If you're simply interested in implementing other people's policies, then you…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

— George S. Patton

“The civil servant looks back at the file and says flatly, as if reading, “No children?” and then, looking directly up at Somer, “No…

— Shilpi Somaya Gowda