Mitt Romney Quotes

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

When you're putting together a campaign for president, like I've been, that entails a lot of time. It's not like I've been at the beach sipping a pina colada.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused on the job we had in front of us.

With universal suffrage, every chief executive candidate must face the seven million people of Hong Kong, explain his or her political platform and mission, and win over the people by addressing their interests and concerns.

It's a hard job to become president.

In my heart, I'm confident I could make a good president.

Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III.

I was considering running for political office.

It's hard running for office when people can't say your name.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

I have decided not to run for president.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.