Grover Cleveland Quotes

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

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

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

We are here to serve our citizens and not our ambitions.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in a true sense, a noble one.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.

Public business … must always be done by somebody…. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not to those who receive the trust.

… 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.

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense. No individual wrong is, therefore, done by removal, since neither appointment to nor continuance in office is a matter of right.

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 always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.

I am not in politics to make more money.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

I strive to be the best possible president that I can be to work for all of you and to represent out country and all Singaporeans.

I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place.

A public official must feel that he is a servant of the people. This is true of all public officials but perhaps in a special sense true of the Secretary of State, for our party lines stop at the water’s edge.

A man who aspires to any high office should have three qualifications: first, he should be prepared to support the constitution of his country; second, he should have a special aptitude for the office he desires; and third, he should have virtue and justice as they are understood by his fellow citizens.

Men who have greatness within them don't go into politics.