Public office Quotes · Page 2

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

— Charles Sumner

We shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.

— Hillary Clinton

Atheists are the new gays; in the closet and pretty much disqualified from public office.

— Richard Dawkins

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

— George Ryan

Service is running for public office with the explicit and limited goal of serving your neighbors.

— S.E. Cupp

What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office.

— Alison Lundergan Grimes

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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

— Jeb Bush

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

This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or…

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

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

I've been in public office now 14 years, I've been a senior minister for six. There's pretty much a fair bit out…

— Gladys Berejiklian

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public…

— Phil Roe

“Accountability in public office is but one manifestation of this cultural inheritance, and we should not be surprised that it is the…

— Roger Scruton

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be barred from any public office in the United States and…

— H. L. Mencken

It is tough to run for public office and face an opponent, to decide on issues what is the best thing, then…

— Dick Durbin

If you don't know anybody who is out of work, who needs housing, if you've never taken a call at 2 o'clock…

— Michael Capuano

Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice…

— Zicheng Hong

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

The main thing that every political campaign in the United States demonstrates is that the politicians of all parties, despite their superficial…

— H. L. Mencken

When I started out in public life there used to be a saying we'd hear from time to time, that every man…

— William J. Clinton

One of the things is when you think, "Wait, I'm fearful of retaliation, I'm fearful of oppression because of someone who is…

— Reid Hoffman

A tall, well-built man with a deep chest and broad shoulders can carry a heavy burden with ease and unconcern, and still…

— Jean de la Bruyere

At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if…

— Elizabeth Edwards

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

— Wolfgang Schauble

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

— Franklin Knight Lane

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

— Karen Bass

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.

— Thomas Jefferson

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

— Sheila Jackson Lee

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.

— Anonymous

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

— Gladys Berejiklian

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

— Ted Turner

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

— George Washington

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Frank Zappa

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

— Tom Tancredo

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

— Barbara Mikulski

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

— Thomas More

You know, I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad.…

— George W. Bush

I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will…

— Bruce Willis