Tom Kiley Quotes

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could run for vice president.

I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.

So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

If I want to run for president, you'll be able to tell.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

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

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

…it was far better to be known as an ex-secretary than an ex-defeated candidate for governor.

I'm not running for any office so whether I'm running with one man or 18 men is nobody's business.

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.

Many people want to be the president - many people. But it's not enough. If some candidate doesn't have support of people, it's no more than a wish.

I hope Paper Boi runs for president. I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better believe it.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

My approach to running for office has always been driven by where can I do the most good and where are my skills best applied.

Don't run for mayor if you don't want to basically be working all the time.

As it became clear that Senator Rubio was likely to run for president, I received encouragement to consider running for the Senate.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.