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I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as there's still work to get done.

— Anthony Foxx

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Lee H. Hamilton

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

— Elizabeth Esty

I certainly feel a strong call of public service.

— Chelsea Clinton

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.

— Jack Lew

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

— Tony Blair

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

— Donald Rumsfeld

If I had to work a 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. job in the public service, I'd freak out.

— Caroline Buchanan

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

— Douglas Wilder

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.

— Merrick Garland

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

— David Dinkins

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