Mike Pence Quotes

I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.

I enjoy being a role model for kids.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.

Without the Congress I am just a six-foot-four Texan.

Kennedy understood something that is not so obvious, and that is that words are more important than deeds. You can’t govern 300 million people—or 180 million when Kennedy was president—by doing things. You can only do it by rhetoric.

I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.

America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship.

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

I will never be known as the former President of Zaire.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.

Barack Obama embraced hip-hop, man. That's the way he got through to kids.

When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids.

I'm here to make an impact on the kids who truly care.

Footballers need to be aware kids look up to them.

When a kid says 'I'm in astrophysics at school because of your character' that's amazing to me.

I want to inspire kids.

Being the guy that some kids look up to is pretty cool.

I'm a kid from Chicago. I know what it was like to see Obama become president. We felt the tectonic plates of the world shift.

I really just think that we've got to have a positive influence on kids in general. And really understanding people are going to look up to me, so why aren't I doing something to be positive about it?

We're going to continue to move forward and fight. I just think that, unfortunately, the president-elect [Donald Trump] has chosen to address every issue.

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

I was a very young mod. The older mods at school used to like me because I brought in a copy of Mad magazine every week and let them read it. I think Mad magazine is the biggest influence in my life. At the age of ten, I decided I was going to have a band, one of the best in the country.

I think Barack Obama is an amazing man and president. His legacy is ongoing.