Civil Service Reform

Famous quotes containing the words civil, service and/or reform:

    “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)

    “The socialism of our day has done good service in setting men to thinking how certain civilizing benefits, now only enjoyed by the opulent, can be enjoyed by all.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The reform [of the civil service] should be thorough, radical, and complete.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)