Public Service Quotes

“A jury’s vote’s supposed to be secret. Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.”

– Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23. Atticus cites a reason why people in Maycomb don’t want to serve on juries. He is suggesting here that they may have to confront their own racist ideas.

I’m not in a position to go back into public service.

– Jack Keane

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

– I. F. Stone

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

– Caroline Kennedy

You don’t ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

– Douglas Wilder

If you don’t like public service, don’t run for office.

– Elizabeth Esty

In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay.

– Mario Diaz-Balart

For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

– Merrick Garland

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

– Leslie Stephen

I was born into public service.

– Janice Hahn

When I launched my first campaign in 1999, I knew that the arc of my public service would have many chapters.

– Jim Matheson

Which is supposed to mean they’re doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.

– Robert McChesney

In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

– Victor Ponta

I have had a career in public service.

– Scott McClellan

Stopping bad things is a significant public service.

– Ted Cruz