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Political Career Quotes

Politically, Obama's amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. Eric Alterman
Bianca Jagger quote: "I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying..."
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it. Bianca Jagger
C.-C.: My dear Arnold, we all hope that you have before you a distinguished political career. You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ARNOLD: But supposing it doesn't come off? Women are incalculable. C.-C.: Nonsense! Men are romantic. A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self-indulgence. ARNOLD: I never know whether you're a humorist or a cynic,... W. Somerset Maugham
Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot. P. G. Wodehouse
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that. David Herbert Donald
Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. Claire McCaskill
What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers. Scott Walker
The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy. Richard Lugar
Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions. Linda Lingle
George Bernard Shaw quote: "He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points..."
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. George Bernard Shaw
Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me. Jack Layton
I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do. Mitt Romney
I mean, people need to remember without the grassroots, Ronald Reagan probably doesn't become president of the United States of America and he worked the grassroots on a regular basis during his political career and especially between the years of 1976 and 1980 after the loss in Kansas City. Michael Reagan
Pat Nixon quote: "I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider..."
I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband. Pat Nixon
Jesse Ventura quote: "Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another..."
Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film. Jesse Ventura

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