Student Government Quotes

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.

When I went up to Glasgow University in 1967, student life was dominated by 13-hour debates on Fridays, when one of the student political clubs would form the 'government' for the day and attempt to push through a piece of legislation, which the other clubs either supported or opposed.

In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure, because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law.

I was an officer in my student council.

I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me - I don't know why!

I went to Washington, D.C, for the first time my senior year as part of Girls Nation, put on by the American Legion Auxiliary, which sends high school students to D.C. to form a pretend federal government. There was an energy about the city that made me feel like I just had to come back there.

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics.

Cool,” I said. “You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework.

Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.

I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

When I was a young co-ed at Arizona State University, my sister was the president of the College Republicans. I was her secretary.

I think that I, because of student government and because of working in Baltimore, knew how to be creative with very little resources.

When I was at Oxford, I was a Thatcher child; I was fascinated by politics and I spent three years being obnoxious in the Oxford Union.

I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me; I don't know why! There were only 330 kids in my high school, though, so it wasn't a lot of kids to impress or reign over.

I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government.

In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools, you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience.

I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office.

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

I was the first girl in my high school to be chosen as head girl of both my school and my hoste. I was also elected as the Deputy Junior Mayor of the George City Council in grade 11.

I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen.

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.