Sam Rayburn Quotes

I have chosen to seek election to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and not reelection to Congress.

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

I was considering running for political office.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury.

There is nothing wrong with a political joke as long as it doesn't get elected.

I didn't run to be pope. I ran to be mayor.

Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.

Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could run for vice president.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

We need each and every one of you to commit to vote for Barack Obama today!

I have no intention of running for office again.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

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

I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish a great deal, and I beg that you will use your personal influence with your friends to get them to go with you to save the boys.

I have no plans to run for president.

One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri.

I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.

I ran for Congress, just once.