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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Running for and holding public office requires little more than making informed decisions based on the facts, your values, and getting to… — Marian Walsh 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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is tough to run for public office and face an opponent, to decide on issues what is the best thing, then… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image