Quotes About Service

Congressman Lacy Clay and I believe that there's no excuse for shooting at police officers, law enforcement officers who get up in the morning and go out and put their lives on the line to protect us.

I talk to teachers, nurses, police officers, and families nearly every day in North Carolina. Their desire to make a difference inspires me.

God, I've played a lot of policeman.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

It's hard to describe yourself as a hero - I just like to think of myself as a policeman. People can look to you like that, as a good guy who can help people.

I was a policeman for 18 years.

Maybe I have some god-given gift to act as a policeman.

Cable companies aren't bad because they're parts of unwieldy media conglomerates. They're bad because they're monopolies (even where they are no longer legally exclusive) and because the government policies that made them monopolies rewarded lobbying over customer service.

My policing was nothing but activism - it had to be.

I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

I'm not a political guy.

Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.

It takes heart to be in political life.

My fidelity is to my country, not my political party. Country first.

I will continue to work for people, but not from any political party. What I can do do as a Rajya Sabha member, I can do without being a member too, perhaps even more efficiently.

The PPP is not just a political party. This is our life.

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

I have a very clear, genuine vision about what political work should be, what politics and politicians should contribute to the nation.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country, and they don't understand what I am saying because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong. It's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect; it's just not right.

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

When we have a corporation, we must know what the customer wants, what the customers needs. Also, the politician must know what the people want, what the people need.

I don't want to be known as a politician.