Civil Servants

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or servants:

“He was one whose glory was an inner glory, one who placed culture above prosperity, fairness above profit, generosity above possessions, hospitality above comfort, courtesy above triumph, courage above safety, kindness above personal welfare, honor above success.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 1 (1962)

“If all were as it seems, and men made the elements their servants for noble ends!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)