Political Service Quotes

Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.

I long for the time when the public service will get onto a higher plane than that of serving political parties, and come to serve the public interest instead.

The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.

In the 114th Congress, I had the privilege of serving on two of the most important Committees in the House of Representatives: the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

My wife and kids are the constituents I will be serving long after my days in Springfield are a distant memory.

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me.

Judgeships normally are rewards for political service … politics does play a large role in federal judicial selection …. Few judges in our history are thought to have performed with great distinction.

I quitted my Seat in the House of Delegates, from a Conviction that I was no longer able to do any essential Service.

You can't go home and look at your plaques at the end of the day, because every politician has like a million plaques on their wall. OK? You don't go home and look at - you don't get anything for that. And you can't go home and say, boy, I really served the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. You want to go home and, you know, Fourth of July, you know, any of these special holidays that recognize our country, you want to feel like you've built a stronger nation, which means you helped build the people and put them in a stronger place where everyone's lifted.

I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'

If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common working men.

If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.

I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.

I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They're public servants.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants.

It's been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs.

I will do what the Prime Minister asks me to do; that is my consistent approach to politics and to service.

I am glad to have the public know that I appreciated services of those who work in politics and feel an interest in seeing them rewarded.

My job is to represent my district. That's who I'm responsible to and for.