A Quote by Donald Rumsfeld

Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Donald Rumsfeld
American - Politician
Born: July 9, 1932

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it.

Mitt Romney

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.

Epifanio de los Santos

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

Barbara Jordan

I've stepped down from jobs that paid me well more than what I was working anywhere else. And each time, it was to serve the public good and to serve the young men and women of our armed services.

Mark Esper

We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.

Jeff Sessions

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Adlai Stevenson I

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.

Preet Bharara

The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.

John Fleming

Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.

Sargent Shriver

Earth to Democrats: Displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move.

Monica Crowley

... the People of God have to elect public servants who know the difference between serving the public and killing the public, and that those who can't tell the difference don't belong in public office.

Frank Pavone

It seems very obvious that a vast majority of the American people are sick and tired of political correctness and prevailing partisanship that does not serve the American people or freedom well.

James Robison

Government grows despite repeated failures to serve the public well because government's purpose no longer is to serve the public. Government now serves primarily the interests of those who work for the government.

Jack Kelly

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

Robert Quillen

We are vested with significant authorities, and it is our obligation as public servants to ensure that these authorities are exercised with objectivity and integrity. Anything less falls short of the FBI's duty to the American people.

Christopher A. Wray

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