#public officials

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past. ↗

— Charles Edison

#before #election #go #merely #never

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#citizen #desire #device #individuals #induce

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled. ↗

— Ross Perot

#balanced #budget #controlled #debt #officials

It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#bureaucrats #criticized #disagreements #ever #found

In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what's behind my decision. It's simple. I have always believed that every person, especially public officials, must understand when it is time to move on. For me, that time is now. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#behind #believed #coming #days #decision

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. ↗

— George Mason

#except #few #i #militia #officials

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#criticism #criticize #democracy #destructive #freedom

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#betray #by the people #chief #imposed #internal

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#decades #had #journalistic #life #lives

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#future #hold #more #must #officials