Seymour Hersh Quotes

A whistle-blower is a public servant of the highest order.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

We want to bring back to Washington people who are more interested in public service than they are in private gain.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver.

Pubic business must be done. It will be done one way or another. If wise men refuse it, others will not. If honest men refuse it, others will not.

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.

You need to have good people: honourable, capable, committed in politics, standing in public office. It's not a guarantee, but it's the ideal we have to aim for.

I am not the type of politician who will tell you I am going to act for my own benefit. The answer is no, I will continue to serve the public.

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.

I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.

Most public officials work hard to serve the public good and abide by Oregon's ethics laws.

I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience.

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.