He’s right. I’m a public servant too (federal employee) and I take it seriously. When I referred to teachers as “public servants” in a recent Facebook post the teachers flipped out because I was calling them “servants.”
Servant leadership is Biblical (see book of Nehemiah), and it works (as do most things that are Biblical).
You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes
Indeed you’re gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody
Full lyrics at the link. Pretty amazing how it fits with today.