Howard Metzenbaum Quotes

He has slipped the surly bonds of public service.

I'm very political and I'm not ashamed of it, and I think having the platform I have, I want to take advantage of that.

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

I put all my time into Indian rights, and I think this is something I know something about, and I think that my time is best spent insofar as my political views are concerned.

I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good citizens and to make our voices heard.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

I'm sure I'll be doing something of social or political worth the rest of my life.

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

To me, politics is an extension of what I do in medicine.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

I'm married to Senator Vincent Hughes of Pennsylvania, so I always am speaking my mind. I remember, growing up, my parents were always involved in what was going on in the community, and their involvement helped me in so many different ways and other people within our community.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

Public business … must always be done by somebody…. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

You must come forth to any Publick Service, whereof you may be capable, when you are called unto it.

The position should not be regarded as permanent to the person. Public service is not the private domain or the private possession of any one person. It is a temporary opportunity for the individual to act for the larger and common good.

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

To what higher station, to what greater glory can any mortal aspire, than to be, during the whole course of his life, the support of good, the control of bad government, and the guardian of public liberty?