I never saw the man yet that came out of politics as clean…

“Some people say politics is a dirty game but I say politics can be clean and good game if played with honesty and sincerity!!!--------------”

— DAVID OKAFOR

Our generation had been told that life had seriousness, and we came in (to politics) with purpose. We were serving history.

— Newt Gingrich

I came into politics because of a real childhood concern about the Cold War. So to me the importance of the nuclear deterrent is…

— Andrea Leadsom

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

— Margrethe Vestager

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

— Ken Livingstone

I came into politics to fight lefties... That's where political fighting goes.

— Anna Soubry

When I came into politics, I remember reading these scorecards of my performance, and I would routinely have these comments about not being assertive…

— Jacinda Ardern

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade,…

— Ken Livingstone

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

— Imran Khan

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.

— Kapil Sibal

One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.

— Margaret Beckett

I'm sure my desire to perform came, in part, from being around politics as a kid. My dad had a big personality, and a…

— Maura Tierney

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

— Tony Blair

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

— Kathleen Wynne