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We call ourselves public servants but Ill tell you this: we as pub

We call ourselves public servants but Ill 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. – Barbara Jordan

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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community. – Barbara Jordan

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She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). – Lewis Carroll

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Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in anothers place. – Neil Kurshan

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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? – Chanakya

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As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. – Henry David Thoreau

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