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
The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom… — Carol Shea-Porter Copy Share Image
Anybody who runs for public office today has got to know his life or her life will be an open book. I've… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to… — Newt Gingrich 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
In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first… — Peter Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona… — Ben Quayle Copy Share Image
I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office… — Jim Hunt Copy Share Image
Extremist groups like People for the American Way attack Christians who run for public office as a threat to the 'separation of… — Ronald H. Nash Copy Share Image
For Mitt Romney, the complex question of anti-Mormon bias boils down to the practical matter of how he can make it go… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
[Senator]Torricelli [D-NJ] will leave public office with just the clothes on his back, a Rolex watch and other assorted jewelry, a TV… — Ann Coulter 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
I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there… — Ed Koch 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
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
Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
In a virtuous government, and more especially in times like these, public offices are what they should be - burdens to those… — Thomas Jefferson 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
If enough Americans determine I could do a better job in public office, and Mrs. Nugent and my beloved family agree, there… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
She [Hillary Clinton] put her emails on a secret server to cover up her pay-for-play scandals in the State Department. Nothing threatens… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of me seeking public office is to make the world a better place. When I put my name on… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office. — Ambrose Bierce 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
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela announced Tuesday he will begin writing his autobiography. He spent 25 years in prison before being… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for… — Dorman Bridgeman Eaton Copy Share Image
Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson 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
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
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
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
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
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
“…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
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