Defiance Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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

— Edward M. Wolfe

“I am President of all the people, good, bad, or indifferent, and as long as my opinions are known, ought perhaps to keep myself…

— Grover Cleveland

If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“Every day that I was a candidate for President, I knew that millions of people were counting on me, and I couldn’t bear the…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Rely on no one. Depend on no one for your happiness. I am declaring my independence. I am establishing a republic unto myself. I…

— Eric Gamalinda

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“No one knows, and few conceive, the agony of mind that I have suffered from the time that I was made by circumstances, and…

— John Quincy Adams

If nominated, I won't run; If elected, I won't serve.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“In essence, anyone who aspires to be a career politician is, by the very fact, unfit to serve.”

— Joseph Befumo

“Never re-elect anybody”

— Kinky Friedman

“Make no choice, and you have chosen. Failure to decide, because you lack the right, is itself a decision, First Councilor. In abstaining, you…

— George R.R. Martin

“In America, only opportunity is assured, not outcomes. Anyone who promises otherwise is acting contrary to the values upon which our Republic was founded.”

— Brad Thor