#serving

Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people. ↗

— John Baldacci

#common #common good #communities #feel #good

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#also #assumed #canada #established #military

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#hope #i #interesting #lot #memoirs

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#interpreting #observe #observing #possible #without

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#everyday #explained #need #open #open spaces

Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#both #controlled #dogs #environment #indoors

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#corps #countries #currently #ever #field

For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous! ↗

— Michael Musto

#better #drum #fabulous #god #i

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#begins #duty #feelings #i #i love

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#corps #crisis #fellow #fellow americans #helped