Rahm Emanuel Quotes

My family and I couldn't be more happy for the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States.

I know as much as anyone how much her most fervent supporters want Hillary Clinton to run for president.

I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!

The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just knew it from the beginning. From Arkansas? Shoot.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.

No one heard about Bill Clinton on his first trip to New Hampshire. I showed Mike Huckabee around the state years before he ran, and no one knew him then, either.

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016.

I'm pretty sure it was President Bill Clinton who brought me back into politics and following it.

When he was running, my thinking was, 'I can't believe my governor is running for president.' By the end of Clinton's first year in office, I was like, 'Wow, I must not be a Democrat.'

I am joining politics for sure.

I first started reading about Barack and taking notes when he won the Iowa caucuses in January 2008 because I was embarrassed that, at that point, I knew virtually nothing about him.

America can't succeed unless you succeed. That is why I am running for president of the United States.

I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.

After nearly 15 minutes of soul searching, I have heard the call. Nation, I will seek the office of the president of the United States. I am doing it!

I’m dead ass running for president in 2016.

Former President Bill Clinton is on the program tonight. He says that while his wife runs for president, he would like to stay out of the limelight. Well, he's certainly come to the right place. He'll be fine here.

Running for president is the new selfie.

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.

I am not cut out for politics. I don't even dream of joining politics.

I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run for office.

I don't see myself as a political figure.

Working on 'The War Room' was a thrill, not only because we were given such exquisite access to the nerve center of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, but for me personally, it was so exciting to be producing my first film and working with documentary filmmaking legends D.A. Pannebaker and Chris Hegedus, who were the film's directors.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.