[MadIvan]

If you love the country and are motivated by public service as I am, it's very hard to sit on the sidelines,"

Very tangled grammar. It should read:

"If you love the country, and are motivated by public service, it's very difficult to remain on the sidelines"

And this fellow taught at Oxford at one point. Hopefully not English.

Regards, Ivan

[August West]

Hart's grammar isn't tangled at all.