Ann Coulter Quotes

My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.

The closer you get to Number 10 the more you see what a back-breaking job that is, the pressure is absolutely constant and the loss of privacy is almost complete so I don't have ambitions in that direction and there is no vacancy nor likely to be during my time in politics.

It's a little challenging as a congressman to keep a low profile, but I try very hard to keep a low profile.

Of course I want to be [prime minister].

I've heard it for years, if you're very successful you can't run for high office, especially for President.

I'm not looking to be anyone's vice president. I looking to be the president of the United States. Or, I'll be a private citizen, there's nothing wrong with being a private citizen.

Few individuals enter into public life who would not be wealthier and happier as private citizens—but then they would not be known, would not see their names in the newspaper, except for raising a curious calf or a mammoth cabbage.

I didn't run to be pope. I ran to be mayor.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

I don't believe I should be out running for another office instead of running my office.

I have zero interest in being vice president.

When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process.

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I'd be the chief minister.

I don't see myself in any way in elective office.

While I believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country... and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President... like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. How would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight?

I'm very happy doing what I do. And if I were in the White House I would be really interested in continuing to do what I do, which is working… That's a very cold answer, I guess, but I was trying to answer in terms of ambition.

I have no desire to run for public office.

I'm interested in running for an office that would allow me the opportunity to work harder and do a better job for the citizens of this state, and I will not rule out any office that gives me that ability.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

I would quite like to be home secretary again if I ever got the opportunity because there's a few things I'd like to do a bit better than last time.

Having a path to elected office was never the goal for me.