#public office

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good. ↗

— James McGreevey

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This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

— Franklin Knight Lane

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

— Aesop

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