Quote by Aristotle

“...anyone wishing to hold office will be disqualified from being a candidate based on his desire to hold office.”

— Edward M. Wolfe

“is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.”

— Susanna Clarke

“But anyone who deliberately tries to get himself elected to a public office is permanently disqualified from holding one.”

— Thomas Moore

“Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking.”

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“And the people cannot be bothered with administration, for not only are they too busy, but they are simply unfit for and incapable of…

— Mark R. Levin

“The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office…

— Václav Havel

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by…

— Charles Babbage

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect…

— Walter Lippmann

As a general rule, it may be affirmed that the man who never intrigues for office may be most safely entrusted with office...Such a…

— Noah Webster

“We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“Let me give you some advice: never work for the government. Because when you work for the government, you work for the people. And…

— John Green

“You cannot get them to talk of politics so long as they are well employed,”

— Robert L. Heilbroner