I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office… — Chris Gabrieli Copy Share Image
Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
I've always been a reformer all the time I served in public office, and remain a reformer in Ohio, but I also… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I was first elected to public office when the Reagan revolution was in full swing. Maximizing freedom guided the policies of that… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is now abundantly clear that the Clintons set up a business to profit from public office. They sold access and specific… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Happy family: The existence and maintenance of [this] is thought to make a politician fit for public office. According to this theory,… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I know people want to run for public office, for mayor, for city council. These are people who now want to change… — Jonathan Tasini Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Does not all the world know that when in autumn the Bismarcks of the world, or they who are bigger than Bismarcks,… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office. — Karen Bass Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
We are the raison d'être of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
In England, philosophers are honoured, respected; they rise to public offices, they are buried with the kings... In France warrants are issued… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as… — Ben Moreell Copy Share Image
What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office. — Alison Lundergan Grimes Copy Share Image
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