#office

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges. ↗

— Joseph P. Kennedy III

#both #challenges #commitment #decision #deep

A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#build #chief #chief executive #class #enough

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position. ↗

— Carl Karcher

#because #been #company #demands #desire

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary. ↗

— John Kasich

#always #easy #gentlemen #get #i

Mitt Romney has a history of being a great job creator. Secondly, he was a great governor. He went from billions of dollars in the hole when he became governor to billions of dollars in surplus when he left. And he went from the loss of tens of thousands jobs when he became governor to the creation of 40,000 new jobs when he left office. ↗

— John Kasich

#being #billions #creation #creator #dollars

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#because #being #danger #did #during

Nearly all Italian officers speak French. ↗

— Hugh Dalton

#italian #nearly #officers #speak

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#correct #expedient #get #i #i came

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#consumes #create #decision #decision making #decisions

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#both sides #country #few #high #high office