Civil servants Quote by Winston Churchill Download Open image “After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.” — Winston Churchill ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civil servants Political Politics Servant Term Term limits Time
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
One of the problems with the civil service is the way in which people are shuffled such that they either do not acquire expertise… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights. We have to recognize that we have… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I regretted my human form briefly; it would be so much easier to drag and rope information into the brain as neatly as one… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Socialism would gather all power to the supreme party and party leaders, rising like stately pinnacles above their vast bureaucracies of civil servants no… — Winston Churchill 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
“Several studies of thousands of British civil servants (the Whitehall studies) have found that workers who have little control over their jobs—meaning they have… — Charles Wheelan 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 not a… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle. — Byron Dorgan Copy Share Image
I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen,… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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 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 persist at… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image