Harold Ford Jr. Quotes

Part of the reason why I wanted to be involved in politics was to create and be a part of policy changes.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

I really enjoyed my time in state government. I thought we made a difference. I liked being a part of that effort. I had a different experience in Washington.

I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.

I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed.

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

I just know that I'm innovative. I'm a quick thinker... In Washington, I just want to be a senator who finds a way to drive change and not figure out a way to conform.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized that in lobbying I could do things politically that were interesting to me and do some what I thought would be good. I'm not sure it all turned out like that, but at least that was some of the initial thinking.

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

If you can’t move the public, you can’t move the Congress.

Changing social policy is just dogged hard work.

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for better or for worse.

I wasn't there for one constituent; I was there for a major economic interest of my state.

They can not go from door to door and not directly contact other people's lives. Their sympathy and understanding is bringing I believe, a new note into political life and is going to have a more far-reaching effect upon the policies of governments, than any of us realize.

I really do feel like I'm doing what the people that elected me in the first place wanted me to do. I'm not doing it in the same fashion they thought, or that I thought, when I ran for office in 2010. But I will be doing what they wanted me to do, and that is to try to fix Washington.

If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch.

I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

Hillary Clinton's time in the Senate indicates she is happier being a policy workhorse than a show horse.

I knew I always wanted to get involved in politics.

I want to be high-profile with the average Angeleno. I want to be out there holding office hours on a curb in Boyle Heights.

I really focus on making sure that we pass good policy. I don't mind throwing my elbows around to get it done.

What I intend to do is be just a really fierce advocate for Minnesotans here in Washington, D.C.

Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without wavering.