#public office

I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive. ↗

— Birch Bayh

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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#any #carefully #examine #general #high

Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

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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

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.' ↗

— Warren Beatty

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A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public. ↗

— Franklin Knight Lane

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Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned. ↗

— Bill Scott

#being #critical #does #everything #faced

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

— Karen Bass

#been #being #community #did #dream