Being Quote by Matt Gonzalez

I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned…

— Bill de Blasio

I do believe that being in public office is all about making choices. And if I'm president, I would steer this nation in a…

— Julian Castro

“You need to change hearts and change laws. Although I never imagined running for office myself, I came to see partisan politics as the…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Elective office is one of many ways to serve the community and the country. It's one that I would consider at some point.

— Kerry Kennedy

Here's the thing about politics: It's not an expression of your moral purity and your ethics and your probity and your fond dreams of…

— Tony Kushner

The only way you approach politics and seek elective office is to move forward. For me to look back in anger or with any…

— John McCain

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

— Jim Hightower

When somebody comes up with a progressive idea, to begin with, you're mad, bonkers. Then if you go on, you're dangerous. Then there's a…

— Tony Benn

“We are not the only country that becomes way more progressive or regressive depending on who gets into office. This is the way of…

— Shellen Lubin

The only way I can get progressive things done is working with Republicans.

— Steve Bullock

Political experience is political inefficacy.

— Emmanuel Macron

The progressive agenda is actually legitimated by the incomprehension and anger it elicits: If the people do not resent and resist what is being…

— George Will