A Quote by Winston Churchill

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill
British - Statesman
November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965

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Winston Churchill

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Tan Cheng Bock

Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.

Winston Churchill

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

Otto von Bismarck

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.

Daniel Akaka

Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

Francis Bacon

I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace.

Marilyn Johnson

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John Bolton

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Karl Marx

God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the greatest occasion of civil war, ravishing of conscience, persecution of Christ Jesus in his servants, and of the hypocrisy and destruction of millions of souls.

Roger Williams

Civil servants take forever to do anything.

Joseph Wambaugh

A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. ....The Lord has declared that those who serve him and keep his commandments are called his servants. After they have been tested and tried and are found faithful and true in all things, they are called no longer servants, but friends. His friends are the ones he will take into his kingdom and with whom he will associate in an eternal inheritance.

Marvin J. Ashton

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

Emmanuel Macron

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Raymond Williams

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