Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I always judge people who spend a lot of time in public office say they care about things, if the day after… — Joe Biden 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
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
“…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 Copy Share Image
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 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
These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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
When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
For out of such an ungoverned populace one is usually chosen as a leader, someone bold and unscrupulous who curries favor with… — Marcus Tullius Cicero 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
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 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
The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would… — Andrew Shue Copy Share Image
I'm not really a big fan of the idea that getting elected to public office means you get to live lavishly on… — John Fetterman 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
“Accountability in public office is but one manifestation of this cultural inheritance, and we should not be surprised that it is the… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public… — Phil Roe Copy Share Image
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 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
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
This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or… — Eddie Bernice Johnson Copy Share Image
I am really rich. All of my life I have heard a truly successful, and even a modestly successful person, cannot run… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The political objective of universal capitalism is maximum individual autonomy, the separation of political power wielded by the holders of public office… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to… — Richard J. Daley 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
... the People of God have to elect public servants who know the difference between serving the public and killing the public,… — Frank Pavone Copy Share Image
What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling.… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels… — Bob Etheridge 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