Paul D. Boyer Quotes

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.

I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics.

I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.

I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office.

Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

Being a manager is about getting into the minds of the people you represent.

I've done a whole lot of things. I've had the pleasure of introducing two presidents, several senators and congressmen.

Elections have consequences.

As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me - I don't know why!

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

I think management is about just that - managing people via man-to-man skills.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government.

In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools, you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience.

I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.