Joni Ernst Quotes

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. And that record was one of solving problems completely from a conservative prospective.

I am running for governor of Kentucky as the people's advocate.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful.

John, I need for you to write an editorial urging me to run for the State Senate.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.

If I am elected, God willing, to the United States Senate, I will be leading the charge for President Trump.

I've not been a decisively re-elected city councilor and top vote-getter three times because I haven't done the work and because I don't work hard.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

We work really hard to get elected.

I never thought I would run for office.

Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.

Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader.

I'm running for president because there's no way we can elect Hillary Clinton to continue the policies.

There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy Giuliani in the Senate will be a leader for the people of New York but also for the people of Arizona and the people all over this country.

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition, to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.

During my election campaign I was not giving out empty promises, but invited every member of society to join the efforts to work for a better life in Lithuania.

I think people should elect a cat person. If you elect a dog person, you elect someone who wants to be loved. If you elect a cat person, you elect someone who wants to serve.

Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office. That's what Jesus would do.

America can't succeed unless you succeed. That is why I am running for president of the United States.

The problem with elections is that anybody who wants an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it. And anybody who does not want an office badly enough to run for it probably shouldn’t have it, either. Government office should be received like a child’s Christmas present, with surprise and delight. Instead it is usually received like a diploma, an anticlimax that never seems worth the struggle to earn it.

My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.

Getting reelected is the most important job every senator thinks he has.