Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

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.

Fortunately, we Argentines have decided to change. We believe politics needs to be led by public servants with a vocation to give and construct.

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.

I've got three little kids at home, and I'm trying to save this country from itself. I'm not here to play political power games, and I've had enough of people playing political power games, and this has just gone on too long.

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change.

Politics requires the sense of possibility. Dare I say it - the audacity of hope.

I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

There's not a single day when I walk the streets of New York City when someone doesn't come up to me to say: 'Please, please, ask your dad to run for president.' We really need a businessman as leader of our country, not a politician.

Why shouldn't a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions?

For politics to change … culture must change too --- and that takes much more than dispatching troops, holding elections, and writing constitutions.

When the day comes when it will be considered as disgraceful to be seen in a caucus as to be seen in a gambling house or brothel, then my interest will wake up again and legitimate politics will get a new birth.

… schools of liberty …. warehouses of disinterested patriotism

Even through sports, I have been serving the country. But later, I want to join politics.

Throughout my life, I've always believed that the sole purpose of public service is to improve the lives of the people around us. From the Freeport Town Council to serving as Speaker of the State House, I've kept that sense of purpose close to my heart - consistently and passionately asking myself how we make progress.

We need new leaders, period.

I will be president for all South Koreans.

I'm not a believer in bringing back the draft. But I am a huge proponent of national service.

I think community service on its own is very simple, it's a lot less complicated than having a political affiliation to it, which I fully understand.

My pledge is to be part of the solution to focus on governing, to put my experience to work to help solve the very serious issues we're facing in this country.

I want to do my bit for my city and my country.

I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.

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.

As I prepare to take over the reins of your government, I ask each of you to join me in the process of governing.