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When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

I like working with the public, and I like that it's really hard work.

I'm going to explore the possibility that my future work could be in public service rather than corporate work.

I have had a career in public service.

I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.

I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.

I'm a public servant. And I work for the American people.