Distinguished Public Service

Famous quotes containing the words public and/or service:

    “It is because the public are a mass—inert, obtuse, and passive—that they need to be shaken up from time to time so that we can tell from their bear-like grunts where they are—and also where they stand. They are pretty harmless, in spite of their numbers, because they are fighting against intelligence.”
    —Alfred Jarry (1873–1907)

    “The masochist: “I send my tormentor hurrying hither and thither in the service of my suffering and desire.””
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