Hard Quote by Hillary Clinton

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

— Krystal Ball

I just didn't have the desire to run for political office. There are other things that I like to do, and it just wasn't…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

Ever since I was a young man, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way - and I did.

— George McGovern

When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready.…

— Ben Chandler

I was considering running for political office.

— Michael Newdow

I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence,…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

— Carl Lewis

I didn't think I was ever going to run for office.

— Elise Stefanik

I think about running for office someday and I know I'll always keep my foot in the political door.

— Jessica Tarlov

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on…

— Herman Cain

I ran for president in 1996.

— Arlen Specter

If I wanted to be president of the United States, I'd run for the Senate in 1986. And I'm just not going to do it.

— Richard Lamm