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Pete Buttigieg: “Service isn't about making yourself rich. Service isn't…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Pete Rallies, Live from Des Moines, IA

Published | Video Starts at 11:44

… dollars lying around to get into Mar a Lago or cut a super PAC check or pitch into the new fancy ballroom for White House dinner parties. We know that Service isn't about making yourself rich. Service isn't about making yourself powerful. Service is about making yourself useful. I remember seeing that in the eyes of some of the teenagers that I met knocking on doors in Union county and Ringgold county in Decatur County 20 years ago as a young volunteer. (11:44–11:52)

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Asserts that public service should focus on utility rather than personal gain.

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