George P. Bush Quotes

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

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.

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

I also served on many government committees.

The best, most interesting years of my life were spent in government and politics.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

I did not come here to make a cabinet for the ladies of this place [Washington], but for the nation.

Our democracy is only as good as the people who are willing to step up and run for office.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics, is still the greatest and most honorable adventure.

I'm doing a good job in Washington.

I ran for public office to do something good.

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.

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

Government is not show business.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

While not all politicians are statesmen, all statesmen are politicians.

Government is not for the short-winded.

There are two kinds of horses; there are show horses, and there are work horses, and you've got to decide in the United States Senate whether you want to be a show horse or a work horse.

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.