Simon Sinek Quotes

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.

I work in public.

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.

My mom is a bureaucrat officer.

I'm still working for the government.

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?

All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.

It's a whole different attitude toward public service than it once was. I tell you, we can all sit around in our old age and moan about it, but I think the administrative processes and the management effectiveness of the federal government are terrible!

I would be flattered and honored to be considered for any position where I could serve my country.

I grew up outside of Washington D.C., a town in which the largest industry is government and in which almost everyone I knew was involved in creating policies which impact people across our country and around the globe.

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!]

Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try.

I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.

They think that the cure to big government is to have bigger government... the only effective cure is to reduce the scope of government - get government out of the business.

In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so. John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment.

[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago.

"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others.

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

Government is not a warfare of interests.

The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe.

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

Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you 'give' to the other side.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.

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.