Antiwar Quote by Noam Chomsky

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

— Winston Churchill

Office tends to confer a dreadful plausibility on even the most negligible of those who hold it.

— Mark Lawson

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office whichone fills.

— Anonymous

In politics, it's what isn't said that matters.

— K.J. Parker

I think anyone who serves in public office should have a little bit of contempt for government in their heart.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

The smaller the office, the more power individuals with big money have.

— Jane Mayer

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

— Antonio Villaraigosa

Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public…

— Anthony Trollope

In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're…

— John F. Kerry

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a…

— Mark McKinnon

In any election, it's important that the public perceives that the election is held fairly.

— Avi Rubin