#public office

I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#country #decent #decent people #destructive #govern

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good. ↗

— James McGreevey

#better #calling #citizenship #could #demanded

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#common #common sense #decency #everything #favor

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#because #elected #including #known #many

This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#could #dallas #even #first #first time

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office. ↗

— Karen Bass

#been #being #community #did #dream

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

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#ever #great #great masses #intelligence #lost

I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way. ↗

— Karl Rove

#back #before #campaigns #clients #consulting

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office. ↗

— Bob Corker

#embarrassed #i #office #parents #public