Jens Stoltenberg Quotes

One day, when I have advertising out of my system, I want to be Prime Minister of Australia.

A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

Our system does not know how to bring strength and intellect into the front rank of politics and government...

My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country.

Politics, I love. It's a noble profession.

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

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

I want to win and I want to be in office.

I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is... I want to win a Nobel Peace prize.

I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.

I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.

Being a cabinet minister is not like running a company. A country is not a company.