#servant

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#faithfully #his #law #limits #national

My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#any #bestow #care #cost #good

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#become #master #order #politician #poses

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#because #civil #civil servants #colonial #criticism

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#called #find #good #hard #politicians

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#best #court #ear #fool #foolish

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#conductor #disappear #evidence #functions #himself

I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job. ↗

— John Major

#admiration #for the people #great #house #huge

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions! ↗

— David Pratt

#actions #being #being honest #called #holding

The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive. ↗

— V. S. Pritchett

#assertive #canadian #cautious #critical #observant