Les Moonves Quotes

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying to maximize profit. An aspect of serving the public is to use the immense power of electronic media to reflect evolving standards of respect for other people.

The sole aim of journalism should be service.

Those who do not serve the public interest should not hold a public license.

Government is not the enemy. Government is simply a tool that can be used wisely or unwisely.

The leader is supposed to represent the community, the public good. He's supposed to be the focal point and the guide and the inspiration, and to represent a concern for the public good. The trouble is, the tragic problem is, very often, when you are a leader and pursue the public good, it may be at the expense of your private interests in a very drastic way

Men in their private capacities may be allowed to prefer their single profit, but should consult only the general good in public councils.

We are here to serve our citizens and not our ambitions.

We must take man as we find him, and if we expect him to serve the public we must interest his passions in doing so.

Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by becoming necessary.

It is time that we labored for the happiness of the people. Legislators who are to bring light and order into the world must pursue their course with inexorable tread, fearless and unswerving as the sun.

That’s the function of government—to do for people what they cannot do for themselves.

You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.

Common carriers exercise a sort of public office, and have duties to perform in which the public is interested.... Their business is, therefore, affected with a public interest

The best citizens were supposed to desire honest men in office, men who would not take bribes, men who would appoint high-minded men as their subordinates, men who would look after the public interest, see that public charities were well supported.

The Administration of Government, is nothing else but the Attendance of the Trustees of the People upon the Interest and Affairs of the People

I'm a simple small 'c' conservative who believes in public service, serving others, and doing a good job for my country.

The truth is, through all these years of public service, the 'service' part has always come easier to me than the 'public' part.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.

For heaven's sakes, in the newspaper days, when we had competing newspapers, and the newsstands sale was as important as the circulation - as the agreed-upon circulation, whatever you call that - in those days, why, gosh, the sensationalism was tremendous.

I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.

For me, public service is an honor, and I have the ultimate respect for the rule of law.

Public service is a core value for people of my generation.