Top 144 Public Service Quotes

Stopping bad things is a significant public service.
Ted Cruz
My career with the Navy and NASA gave me an incredible chance to showcase public service to which I am dedicated, and what we can accomplish on the big challenges of our day.
Scott Kelly
Public service has allowed me to put values my parents taught me into action.
Tom Perez
If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.
Jack Abramoff
Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.
Bill Drayton
I was interested in public service, and looking back at my father, my grandfather and two great-grandfathers, well, yeah, that’s what they did, too. And I think public service, like journalism, done right is a really honourable, really important profession.
Hilary Benn
At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I’m proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.
Steve Scalise
In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.
Lou Barletta
You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
Jimmy Carter
The BBC's television, radio and online services remain

The BBC’s television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.
Pauline Neville-Jones
Health care, whether I like it or not, is at the foundation of my public service.
Chris Murphy
Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day.
Catherine Cortez-Masto
Graphic public service announcements about texting and driving or drinking and driving serve a purpose: to see the imagery in your mind so your behavior will change.
Mel Robbins
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
Scott McClellan
My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.
Kenneth Chenault
An intuitive part of the American ethos is a kind of protectiveness of the public’s fear. We have to remember how unique that is. As scandal-ridden as we may be, we start with a basic expectation that it’s not your job in public service to use it to help your friend.
Zephyr Teachout
All I know is, I think I would like to continue to do public service.
Mohamed ElBaradei
I hope that folks that look like me, regardless candidly of their political affiliation, not only look at me and say that, you know, I want to vote for him at the ballot box, but also make the decision that perhaps they want to put their name up for public service and for public office.
Daniel Cameron
As more time passes, people see my father for what he is – one of the last of a generation who went into government to answer a call to public service rather than to pursue a career in politics.
Dorothy Bush Koch
I don’t want to run for governor, but I don’t think anyone should put public service out of the question because that’s not what a good citizen does.
Warren Beatty
My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Sometimes you’re going to run because you want to elevate an issue. Sometimes you’re going to run because you want to do public service, and it’s a way to not only tell the community what you care about what you want to achieve, but you’re making a commitment.
Kirsten Gillibrand
I put my name out there and ran for public service because I want more inclusion, diversity, and opportunity… I will fight for those values.
Michelle Wu
My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970’s, and that’s when I was born. She showed me the importance of public service, and she was admired by people regardless of their political party.
Stephanie Herseth
As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.
David Dinkins
The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.
Tom Perez
I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
Michelle Bachelet
I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.
Shirley Temple
I’m going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.
Mike McGavick