The word, "accomplish" needs to be clarified a bit more for this statement to have any meaning. Since we are talking private versus public accomplishment it's helpful to know what success means. If what is meant by "accomplish" is to get as much out for oneself, while putting as little in, there is no question that the private sector offers far greater chances for personal financial reward. Hopefully, individuals enter public service for reasons other than simply selfcentered greed. I know that it is difficult for business to swallow, but there are people of talent and integrity that choose public service out of a sense of duty and commitment to higher ideals. I know that this is often referred to as softheaded liberal do-good-ism and that most Republicans reject the motives of such "dogooders" as secretly subversive and wrong headed. The notion that only losers or those without talent volunteer or teach is part of the mindless prattle that is most often used to justify behavior that can only be characterized as the opposite of doing good.