John Adams Quotes

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

I was elected by the good people of Fort George for another five-year term, and I certainly intend to continue serving them in this, my seventh term as a member of the House of Representatives.

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.

I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

Once you're in the House for a few terms, it's hard to leave.

I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.

Once you run for office, you're in it - sort of like going into the military. You'd better be damned sure it is what you want to do and that the rest of your life is set up to accommodate that. It takes a certain toll on your personality and on your family life. I've seen it personally.

I mean getting into parliament was quite an achievement in itself and then I have to pinch myself at the thought of actually running a department.

It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.

My sister is not interested in any political positions; not in Rajya Sabha or anything else.

I was not in the race to become a chief minister. I had never thought about it.

I love the game. But I love my wife and kids more. I can't tell you how many sacrifices I make throughout the season. I leave the house at 4:15 A.M. and get home at 7 P.M. and see my kids an hour every night. It's been sacrificing for nine years. It's not just about what's best for me. It's about what's best for me and my family.

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe a young girl growing up in St. Charles, Ia., would one day receive a call from Terry Branstad asking her to be his lieutenant governor.

I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.

If I think of all the family members, I was probably the only one who was excited with the possibility of my dad's entering public office.

The type of working hours you put in sometimes is overlooked. The diet. The little sacrifices that you take from your family, people don't take that into account.

I've always been a fan of 'Coronation Street,' and the chance to work on it was just too good to miss, but it meant a great upheaval for my family.

You could be a senior senator and have never managed more than a hundred people in your life.

With this sort of career, you need determination. You've got to sacrifice a lot of things: family, friends - not that I had any - but you sacrifice everything.

I never thought I would run for office.

I don't think I made many sacrifices myself, but my parents have.