Dennis Skinner Quotes

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

It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector.

But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

If I had to work a 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. job in the public service, I'd freak out.

I spent 19 years as a local government official; I spent two years in the Iowa Senate; my daughter is a public school teacher. We're all counting on IPERS. The public servants are counting on the system they were promised when entering public service.

Never you mind about the country, or about the state, or the city, or about the ward. You take care of your precinct.

The caliber of talent attracted to the public service will depend in substantial measure upon the excitement that can be conveyed by presidential leadership.

My job is to reach out to 8 million people whether they voted for me or not.

When we like our new rulers we call them public servants. When we are mad at them we call them bureaucrats; but it is the business of self-government to see that they remain servants of the public instead of becoming its masters.

I long for the time when the public service will get onto a higher plane than that of serving political parties, and come to serve the public interest instead.

The government’s role is to motivate the private sector, to assure that it performs in a way which serves the public interest.

He serves his party best who helps to make it instantly responsive to every need of the people.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

You will find me standing up to my rack, as the people's faithful representative, and the public's most obedient, very humble servant.

Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired.

I would consider running for office. But not for mayor.

I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith.

The financial sector has so distorted salaries that physicists are getting drawn into the financial sector. All that has led to an undersupply of people committed to the public sector.

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.

I love mayors.

I think I'm very knowledgeable about the issues of my constituents.

Irish politicians are very accessible to the public, just the messenger boys for the local constituency.

All of my parents' friends worked in public sector jobs. The teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.

Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.