It's incumbent on good public servants to maintain their voices and originality of thinking.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
It's not really the job of a public servant to inspire, but to get the job that the people demand done. The Democrats think that if they have hope and are inspired, things will get better, but they actually won't.
Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset.
In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.