Sam Hall Quotes

I'm still working for the government.

You know, I definitely have an inclination to work in the public sector.

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do.

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack.

I am an old public functionary.

I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.

When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.

My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues.

There is a possibility of fresh talent coming to work for the government. Millennials are the most public-spirited generation since the 1960s. There is an opportunity to harness that generation and make government service cool again.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

I work in public.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.

I received a telegram from Allen Dulles in which he stated in effect that the revolution could not have succeeded but for what I did.

Let public service be a proud and lively career. And let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government, in any branch, at any level, be able to say with pride and with honor in future years: I served the United States Government in that hour of our nation's need.

I wouldn't trade the best days of my life in the private sector for the worst days of my life in the public sector.

Let's start with a basic question: Do we, as a country, want our most highly qualified employees from the private sector to pursue public service? The answer, I would imagine, should be yes.

I never set out to work in the White House.

Yes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. [saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!]

My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.

Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.

I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world.

Who wants good people in government? Good people should be in the private sector. Helping us out, helping themselves out in the private sector. We want schmoes in government. We want people who can't find the doorknob. Why waste productive people, as well as looting the taxpayer?

I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee.