Deval Patrick Quotes

No, I'm not running for office someday.

I'm governor of New York.

I miss being governor.

I loved being governor. It’s like running your own little country.

I want to be the governor of Arkansas. I'm going to be the governor of Arkansas. I might be president, but I will be the governor of Arkansas.

I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.

I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office.

I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

I don't even want to be president!

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

I loved being governor. It was a blast. Eight years was enough. But it was certainly one of the greatest thrills in my life to be able to serve the people of Florida. I miss that from time to time.

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

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.'

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

I'm not going to run for political office.

Some day I shall be President.

I can honestly say that being a United States Senator has been the honor of my life.

I'm not running for president.

There are a lot of ways to serve and only one is being president.

By running, you're making that commitment that says, 'I'm dedicating myself to public service.' Win or lose, you're making that statement, and you actually are taking a step in that direction.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.

When you serve, whether it's here in the House or in the White House or anywhere else, it's a distinct honor and privilege and so that's about the extent of it.

One of the advantages of getting elected governor when you're 58 instead of 38 is you have some mileage on you and part of that means some history and some relationships with people who have spent a fair amount of their career in the public and in the private sector.