Public office Quotes

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

— Antonio Villaraigosa

The privacy of public office, the publicity of private life

— Latin Proverb

I'm intrigued by being in public office.

— George P. Bush

The new political gospel: public office is private graft.

— Mark Twain

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

— King Felipe VI

Public offices were not made for private convenience.

— Thomas Jefferson

Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

— Boies Penrose

“Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

— Anonymous

Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.

— Ted Turner

I've done things my own way every since I've entered public office.

— Gladys Berejiklian

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

— Thomas More

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

— Barbara Mikulski

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

— Tom Tancredo

I don't want to see any religious people in public office because they're working for another boss.

— Frank Zappa

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

— Herbert Hoover

Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

— George Washington

I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past…

— Olympia Snowe

I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to…

— Michael Moore

My mother at the age of 65 decided she was going to run for mayor. She had never run for public office,…

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Fish have got to swim. Birds have got to fly, and Clintons have to run for office. It's what they do. It's…

— George Will

“…certain feet were made for stepping on ,in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare and minimize the ancient insolence…

— Robert A. Heinlein

If you're blessed enough to serve in public office, then you shouldn't just talk a good game about your values; you should…

— John Thune

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever.

— Nancy Pelosi

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there…

— Mark McKinnon

I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make…

— Pope Francis

You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I…

— John Piper

These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Christine O'Donnell is making a mockery of running for public office. She has no real history, no real success in any kind…

— Meghan McCain

It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense…

— Ravi Zacharias

Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us,…

— Epictetus

There is a moral virtue, a moral fidelity, ability and honesty, which other men, besides church members, are, by good nature and…

— Roger Williams

When you use God as a means to procure public office, which almost all public officials do, to enact the things you…

— Tripp York

When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men…

— H. L. Mencken

“I have brought peace to this land, and security," he began. "And what of your soul, when you use the cleverness of…

— Iain Pears

I always felt, and I still feel, that the media doesn't belong in a public official's private life. It's a very difficult…

— Rudy Giuliani

“When a candidate for public office faces the voters he does not face men of sense; he faces a mob of men…

— H.L. Mencken

No one in this world, so far as I know--and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help…

— H. L. Mencken

Public office is a public trust.

— Daniel S. Lamont

If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you.

— Wolfgang Schauble

The United States Constitution is clear. It prohibits religious tests for public office.

— Jeb Bush