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If you don't like public service, don't run for office.

I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

Stopping bad things is a significant public service.

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

I'm not in a position to go back into public service.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

I don't want to shut down the government.