MJ Hegar Quotes

I'm not going to lie to you: being Speaker of the State Assembly is the best job I've ever had in my entire career. But you know, I got into politics 'cause I wanted to make a difference, and I was always raised that one person could make a difference.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

[Warren] Harding didn't like being a Senator; he liked being in the Senate.

When I was a young man, I used to dream maybe someday I could be an alderman. Instead of that I became an attorney general, a senator, a vice president, a Democratic nominee.

I don't see myself in any way in elective office.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

I'm not going to become an MP and I'm not going to be London Mayor. I have no political ambitions.

I have no political ambitions; never want to be an MP or MLA or a Rajya Sabha member.

I am not joining politics. I don't intend to contest election. I am happy to be back to doing normal things, be it films or other work.

I have absolutely no political ambitions.

Without question, my grandfather's example of public service throughout his life inspired Dad later to run for office himself. Wherever he went, whatever he did, Prescott Bush had plenty of admirers.

I didn't think I was ever going to run for office.

I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.

I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate.

Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.