Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns."
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Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"Money is a great servant but a bad master."
Otto von Bismarck
Statesman, Chancellor
"With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help."
John F. Kennedy
Politician
"when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same."
Mooji
Spiritual Teacher
"You are the Master, the mind is your servant. That is the correct relationship."
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"Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most."
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"Leadership is about being a servant first."
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"The federal government is our servant, not our master."
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"Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king."
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"When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants."
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"Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve."
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"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master."
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"The best servant does his work unseen."
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"The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master."
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"The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions."
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"He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant."
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"I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama ."
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"Fire is the best of servants, but what a master!"
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"Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy."
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"When domestic servants are treated as human beings it is not worth while to keep them."
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"It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants."
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"Few men are admired by their servants."
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"Reason is intuition's servant."
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"A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt."
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"Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide."
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