You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.
I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.
A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
All of us here are servants of the reading public. I am the head of the servants and I must show that I know better than any of the servants where the materials are found. I want to show that our service here is efficient and that we are really working to serve.
I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position. Maybe I can give a little advice from time to time.
You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.
Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
… we are merely the servants of the public, in spite of our M.d. ’s and our hospital appointments
The public must and will be served.
