Noun
a position concerning the people as a whole
Source: WordNetWe hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. Herbert Hoover
You know, I could run for governor and all this but I'm basically a media creation. I've never really done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil industry. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office. George W. Bush
We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the public service. Why should we accept from them a discourse which suggests contempt for us and for the democratic system? John Ralston Saul
It is inaccurate to say I hate everything, I am strongly in favor of common sense, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office. H. L. Mencken
No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office. George Bernard Shaw