Kamisese Mara Quotes

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

My responsibilities as the governor are more than my neighbor’s and my family.

It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.

The CDU is willing to continue to take responsibility for our country. We want to do justice to the government mandate.

I'm not going to just take office in January, I'm going to take responsibility.

At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.

Being a prime minister is a very demanding job. And as long as I have the strength, I will continue to do this and be of benefit to my country.

It's our duty as leaders in Washington to keep the government running.

The role of Premier is not one that should be taken lightly, nor is it a personal trophy.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

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

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

I am extremely proud to have the honour and privilege to be the Premier of this great state of Victoria.

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

I lack the strength needed to sustain the scepter. I abhorred it, but in the end I agreed to accept it in order to prevent evils to the country which was about to succumb anew, if not to the former slavery, at least to the horrors of anarchy.

For you will seem either not to esteem government worth much, or to think few worthy to hold it.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

Kings are the publick Pillars of the State Born to sustain and prop the Nation's weight.

The job of the politician isn’t to tell you what you want to hear, but to tell you what needs to be done.

Government is not the enemy. Government is simply a tool that can be used wisely or unwisely.