To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

Abraham Lincoln

Stichwörter: benevolence charity volunteerism public-service



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We believe that only government has the capacity--not to mention the political and moral responsibility--to promote the general welfare.

Father Kramer as quoted in Sweet Charity?

Janet Poppendieck

Stichwörter: charity general-welfare government-programs public-service moral-responsibility



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Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.

Iain Pears

Stichwörter: wisdom power justice philosophy tyranny virtue public-service



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Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.

Aristophanes

Stichwörter: injustice wealth selfishness corruption poverty greed politicians self-interest public-service intrigue



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These are days of special perplexity and depression, and the path of public duty is unusually rugged.

Grover Cleveland

Stichwörter: difficulty president public-service



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A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

H.M. Forester

Stichwörter: selfishness greed public-service



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