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
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
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
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
Being promoted to a top position in your organisation, or even being elected to public office, does not suddenly endow you with… — Strive Masiyiwa 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
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
Well, it's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I… — Sarah Palin 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
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
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
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
I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Every politician just has to remember how he got his position in the first place. A young candidate running for Congress or… — Joseph Nye Copy Share Image
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure… — Birch Bayh Copy Share Image
Rudolph Giuliani will be the first Secretary of State whose last public office was mayor, the most thoroughly domestic public office that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
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
If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all the passions."… — Barbara Tuchman 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
When you use God as a means to procure public office, which almost all public officials do, to enact the things you… — Tripp York Copy Share Image
There is a moral virtue, a moral fidelity, ability and honesty, which other men, besides church members, are, by good nature and… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us,… — Epictetus 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 of business. And what that sends to my generation is, one day, you can just wake up and run for Senate, no matter how [much] lack of experience you have.” quote by Meghan McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/meghan-mccain-4652_business_christine-o-donnell-is-making-a-mockery_1491001.png)
![“Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions–in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not…” quote by Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/epictetus-413_aversion_some-things-are-up-to-us-eph-h-min-and-s_162002.jpg)
