Able Quote by Warren Beatty

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

— Sidney Hook

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

— Mohammad Hamid Ansari

There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more…

— Michael Ignatieff

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much…

— J. B. Pritzker

You don't have to be an elected official to be a public servant.

— William J. Clinton

Everyone has his own need for public and therefore public should not be artificially imposed on a person.

— Ilkin Santak

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by…

— Charles Babbage

My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the…

— Margaret Chase Smith

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

— Abraham Lincoln

We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty…

— Fiona Hill

It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

— Marquis de Sade

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics.

— George F. Kennan