Alex Berenson Quotes

A government job is an occasion for public service, not special privilege. The undivided loyalty to the public interest required of the governorship makes it inappropriate to keep the profusion of gifts that arrive every day at this office.

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

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

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

We want to bring back to Washington people who are more interested in public service than they are in private gain.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

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.

The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

I am a public servant … not a political servant, not a party servant.

A whistle-blower is a public servant of the highest order.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

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

Bring back that better era of the republic in which, when men consecrated themselves to the public service, they utterly abnegated all selfish purposes.

Those who do not serve the public interest should not hold a public license.

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

… 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.

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 best citizens were supposed to desire honest men in office, men who would not take bribes, men who would appoint high-minded men as their subordinates, men who would look after the public interest, see that public charities were well supported.