J. B. Pritzker Quotes

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and trustees are created for the benefit of the public.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people.

Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

We need elected officials who care more about policy than politics.

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

As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.

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.

I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what's right.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

Taking care of people is the duty of every politician.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

Public men are bees working in a glass hive.

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

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

Our democracy is only as good as the people who are willing to step up and run for office.

The success of an elected official is doing what everyone knows needs to be done.

There are two rules for mayors: Be there and do something.

… a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too.

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.