Elected Quote by Luis Fortuno

I decided to run for office because I've seen that elected officials would rather let us suffer than put in the work to actually…

— Cori Bush

Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores…

— John Nance Garner

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.

— Carl Albert

I got elected to run the government more efficiently, lower taxes.

— Phil Roe

I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down.

— Barack Obama

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

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

— Mary Fallin

I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in, or to run a campaign…

— John McCain

I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

— Nancy Pelosi

I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for…

— Jan Brewer

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

— Bidzina Ivanishvili

I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I…

— Cindy Sherman