George J. Mitchell Quotes

I actually became a lawyer because I thought you had to be a lawyer in order to get into national politics.

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

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

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done.

I always thought of myself is a private-sector person. I was a reluctant candidate. I put in my time. Now it's somebody else's turn to take charge. But I am still very interested in politics.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

I'm not a policy wonk, and I don't dream of being a political operative.

I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.

After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

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

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other weekend.

I hadn't really thought about politics as a career in my twenties or early thirties.

I knew I always wanted to get involved in politics.

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

I am joining politics for sure.

Since young age, I am in politics.

I think politics is definitely something that I've always thought about as a career.

I could really see myself in politics. Who knows?