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“He wanted me to understand two big things: First, that nobody, no group, is above others. Public servants are obliged to level with everybody, whether or not they'll like what he has to say. And second, that politics was a matter of personal honor. A man's word is his bond. You give your word, you keep it. For as long as I can remember, I've had a sort of romantic notion of what politics should be- and can be. If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game. Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe- as I know my grandpop did- that my chosen profession is a noble calling.”
― Joe Biden, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

“How well you express it! That is exactly the curse of a politician's life. He has to bow to the country's feeling, however dangerous and foolhardy he knows it to be.”
― Agatha Christie, Murder in the Mews

“To the law enforcement officials I say, "uphold not law, but justice, for when you uphold law, you need to explain yourself to your superiors, but when you uphold justice, you do not need to explain your actions to anyone, for your very actions will be the testament of justice".”
― Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty

“Public-sector employment â€� another way to be shielded from reality.”
― Mike Klepper

“I give a call today to the civil servants around the world - yours is to serve, not the government, not the politicians, not even the constitution, but the people. You are the first servants of the society. On your shoulders, lies the responsibility of humanity's present and future. If the armed forces are our last line of defense in any corner of the world, then you are our first line of defense in every corner of the world. Injustice must ask your permission before entering the lives of the people. You, civil servants are the first vanguards of the society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“SÃ¥ hade Adrian blivit borgare, inte arbetare, och Moderats sätt mot honorn förändrades [...] därför att han blivit "fin". Under alla de följande Ã¥ren skulle Adrian komma att bli en kronans tjänsteman. Han kunde därmed tillräkna sig respekt överallt, till och med i Humla, där man brukade säga, allvarligt som om det varit ett ordsprÃ¥k: "Kronans kaka är liten, det mÃ¥ vara sant, men naggande god är den .. ." Man menade därmed, att den var säker, att lita pÃ¥, nästan som jorden själv." (Sid. 92)”
― Ivar Lo-Johansson, Kungsgatan

“Till we successfully build a meritocratic society, the integrity of a democracy remains predicated on the integrity of the civil servants. Civil servants are the first defenders of democracy, against crooked politicians as well as angry, mindless mobs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine

“Bureaucratic apathy is worse than bureaucratic corruption.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Woman Over World: The Novel

“Ten apathetic government officials can do more damage to a country, than a hundred crooked ones.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Woman Over World: The Novel

“Treating politicians like imaginary friends instead of public servants accountable to their constituents who have to be pressured and browbeaten into doing the right thing is one of the great pathologies of the 21st century

(8/19/2020 on Twitter)”
― Patrick Wyman