Peggy Noonan Quotes

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience, and I've got a commitment to change.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

The best, most interesting years of my life were spent in government and politics.

You don’t make any money in the White House—that’s for darn sure—but you can get things done….The most rewarding experience I have ever had was my three years in the White House.

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I'd be the chief minister.

Coming into Congress, I didn't really have much of a worldly experience.

My entire adult life has been in military. That's a big part of my life and a big part of why I am the person with the experience to be the United States senator.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

Critics have noted Schwarzenegger's only previous government experience was serving under President Bush senior as Chairman of the Council of Physical Fitness, a largely symbolic office, where Schwarzenegger's only responsibility was doing hundreds of jumping jacks he was going to do anyway.

I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman, whose experience as a failed vice presidential candidate, half-term governor and eight-episode reality star has fully prepared her to take control of our nuclear arsenal.

Personally, having, you know, lived and worked in the White House, having been a senator, having been Secretary of State, there has traditionally been a great pool of very talented, hard-working people.

I'm not looking to be anyone's vice president. I looking to be the president of the United States. Or, I'll be a private citizen, there's nothing wrong with being a private citizen.

Dr. Benjamin Carson is one of the finest, most accomplished human beings on this planet who has done more for people than most people in politics will ever do. And he's done it personally, not with other people's money.

Whether you're eighteen or sixty, in a certain way, whatever you know is valid.

Are you thankful for not being young?' 'Yes, sir. If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see?

Ivanka Trump should probably run for office one day.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.

A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be too old to be a clerk or a gardener or a police-court magistrate, that he is ripe to govern a country.