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title: "24 Career Politician Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [My biggest strength is I'm not a career politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-o-toole/my-biggest-strength-is-i-m-not-a-career-politician/)

[Erin O'Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-o-toole/)

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> [Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-rauner/where-i-m-an-outsider-is-i-m-not-a-career-politician/)

[Bruce Rauner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-rauner/)

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> [I'm not a politician. I'm not a career politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacky-rosen/i-m-not-a-politician-i-m-not-a-career-politician/)

[Jacky Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacky-rosen/)

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> [I'm not a career politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/i-m-not-a-career-politician/)

[Mark Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-robinson/)

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> [Russ Feingold is a career politician. He's addicted to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-johnson/russ-feingold-is-a-career-politician-he-s-addicted-to-it/)

[Ron Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-johnson/)

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> [I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/i-would-have-been-a-disaster-as-a-career-politician-i-would-never/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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> [I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/i-think-when-you-ve-been-a-career-politician-for-34-years-you-have-to/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [If I was not serious about politics, I would not have left behind my successful career to become a politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-kishan/if-i-was-not-serious-about-politics-i-would-not-have-left-behind-my/)

[Ravi Kishan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-kishan/)

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> [“In essence, anyone who aspires to be a career politician is, by the very fact, unfit to serve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/in-essence-anyone-who-aspires-to-be-a-career-politician-is-by-the/)

[Joseph Befumo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-befumo/)

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> [Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/now-is-the-time-to-act-or-get-stuck-with-a-bland-boring-career/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-murphy/i-want-to-be-mayor-but-i-don-t-need-to-be-mayor-i-m-not-a-career/)

[Dick Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-murphy/)

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> [I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ventura/i-could-never-be-a-career-politician-because-i-believe-in-telling-the/)

[Jesse Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ventura/)

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> [I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/i-never-wanted-to-be-a-career-politician-i-always-am-interested-just/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

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> [I answer that question by saying: 'Why Meg Whitman' which is: I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-whitman/i-answer-that-question-by-saying-why-meg-whitman-which-is-i-m-not-a/)

[Meg Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-whitman/)

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> [I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-whitman/i-m-not-a-career-politician-i-spent-30-years-in-business-i-can-tell/)

[Meg Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-whitman/)

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> [I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-webb/i-have-proudly-spent-several-periods-in-government-but-i-m-not-a/)

[Jim Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-webb/)

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> [Donald Trump proved you need a businessman to run things, not just someone who is a career politician. I'm sorry, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lindell/donald-trump-proved-you-need-a-businessman-to-run-things-not-just/)

[Mike Lindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lindell/)

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> [There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/there-is-no-patriotic-obligation-to-help-advance-the-career-of-a/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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> [The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-herbert/the-career-of-a-politician-mainly-consists-in-making-one-part-of-the/)

[Auberon Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-herbert/)

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> [Pence is the very personification of the career politician. With the exception of a few years doing talk radio and television shows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cohen/pence-is-the-very-personification-of-the-career-politician-with-the/)

[Richard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cohen/)

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> [One thing was very clear and I made it always very clear at the beginning when I got into the governorship, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/one-thing-was-very-clear-and-i-made-it-always-very-clear-at-the/)

[Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/)

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> [I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-whitman/i-have-run-large-organizations-i-know-what-it-takes-to-create-a/)

[Meg Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-whitman/)

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> [People are yearning for leadership, and leadership to them does not mean a life spent as a career politician in North Dakota.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-burgum/people-are-yearning-for-leadership-and-leadership-to-them-does-not/)

[Doug Burgum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-burgum/)

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> [“Right after high school, Fisher had already decided what he would do with his life. He would aim for the ultimate heights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-e-richards/right-after-high-school-fisher-had-already-decided-what-he-would-do/)

[Douglas E. Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-e-richards/)

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