Quotes of: Public-office Keyword

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Bob Etheridge

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

Franklin Knight Lane

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

Antonio Villaraigosa

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

King Felipe VI

Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.

Ted Turner

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

Sheila Jackson Lee

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Aesop

I'm an officer in her Majesty's Royal New Zealand Navy. I'm a public relations officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sounds good, doesn't it?

Mark Hadlow

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

Hubert H. Humphrey

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

Bob Corker

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place i...

Dennis C. Blair

Alfred: What is he wanted for, Sheriff? John T. O'Banion: That would be of a private nature Colonel Ludlow: A private nature? That's a public office you hold, isn't it, Sheriff?

Legends of the Fall

When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

Mary Frances Berry

Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

Joseph P. Kennedy III

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Daniel J. Boorstin

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

Felix Adler

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?

Herman Cain

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

Charles Babbage

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

Olusegun Obasanjo

I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will help in decongesting road traffic during peak hours.

Veerappa Moily

Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.

Charles Edison