Jim Jordan Quotes

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

To me, politics is an extension of what I do in medicine.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

Politics is not a spectator sport. You can't just sit on the sidelines.

Political involvement is more than a game.

For me politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother.

Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

I ran for public office to do something good.

This might be a conceit of government officials, but there's the idea that maybe you can make a difference. It's a conceit. Maybe it's unhealthy. We all believed we could make a difference.

I am drawn to public service.

I was a political science major. I was always interested in social impact.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch.

I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

I am a person who cares deeply about what is happening in the country, and for me, in most ways since getting out of the service, at least, politics has been the way in which I see myself best serving and trying to make things better.

My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.