I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving.
I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.
But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.
Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.
As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.
I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.
I was born into public service.
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.