Political Quotes

“the Stennis Center for Public Service is a legislative branch Agency with a congressional mandate to attract young people to careers in public service, provide training for leaders in, or likely to be in, public service, and offer training and development opportunities for senior congressional staff, Members of Congress, and other public service leaders. A strong civil society is the foundation of a free society and essential for our republican form of government to work. That starts with public service minded individuals identifying problems and working together to solve them. This aspect of our society astounded Alexis de Tocqueville when he traveled our country in the early days of our Republic and compared what he saw to his native France. But, as Ronald Reagan observed, ``Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.'' Part of perpetuating a free society is encouraging civic minded thinking and actions. So I am glad that the ``Public Service Review,'' produced by the Stennis Center for Public Service, features stories from young leaders who are making a difference in their communities.…”