“When politicians and civil servants hear the word culture they feel for their blue pencils.” — Lionel Esher Copy Share Image
The civil servants that serve at the NSC are of the highest caliber with extraordinary expertise. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
We need more people to go into business and fewer wasting our lives becoming bureaucrats and civil servants. — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
Malaysians, during the colonial period, were not given the top positions: we were always subordinate. Fortunately for us, the people who took… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
Some of the biggest battles you face as a minister are, in the nicest possible way, with Whitehall and internally with civil… — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
The civil servants will always be there to look after this country. So don't worry... Any political party taking power will have… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Civil servants and government functionaries do not write memoirs because they hope to get more government jobs or assignments. — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
“The difference between civil servants and private businessmen is that when a central planner makes a mistake, he is likely to disrupt… — Paul A. Cantor Copy Share Image
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
The Covid-19 pandemic has been great for the bosses, by which I mean the CEOs, the senior lawyers, the bankers and the… — Touker Suleyman Copy Share Image
There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
“Remember professional ethics. When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our problem in the 2015 general election was that for all the good stuff that was in the Labour manifesto, we were… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
You should be able to criticize civil servants for what you think is wrongdoing without being painted as a cop-hater. I don't… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“The Collectorship of Madna is the seventh post that he has held in eight years. He is quite philosophic about the law… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
“European nation with highest politician/lover ratio: Few European states can hope to compete with France and Italy in this department, and the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
When I was a child, for a public/civil servant to be caught in corrupt practices, that individual will be a pariah. He… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“We North Americans are fortunate that our ancestors, frontier colonists and emigrants, were forced to develop for survival a pragmatic, positive attitude… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
“To most people any radical change is even more odious than cynicism. The only way between the horns of dilemma is to… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Truth loves nothing better than simplicity of truth: that is the lesson Columbe Josse ought to have learned from her medieval readings.… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“Though we were all taught to be proud of living in this great parliamentary democracy the civil servants who ran it were… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired. — Walter Walker Copy Share Image
There are thousands of civil servants. In large part, they are brilliant. They work really hard. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
We have civil servants like Ollie Robbins who are very pro-E.U., who have never wanted us to leave and have done everything… — Mark Francois Copy Share Image
