Jay Inslee Quotes

I always wanted to become president! When I was a kid, I was obsessed with politics.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

You would make the best governor but not the best candidate.

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

My polls have been up and down a lot. If I were interested in polling, I would not have run for President. I was polling at over 70 percent when I was in the U. S. Senate. I took this job to deliver for the American people.

It was flattering to have high expectations, but I was never going to be President.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

The idea that I should become president seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I think we can do better with our politicians. I think I'd make a good one, because I like people.

I was elevated as the State President and now I have been elevated as the Governor of the state.

I want to become prime minister.

If you're in Congress, you vote and give speeches. But governors have to make decisions every day, and presidents have to make decisions every day.

I'm intrigued by being in public office.

I haven't ruled out another run for office at some point.

The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.