Julian Bond Quotes

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to become President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Men in political life must be ambitious.

There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in the second category, that's all.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

I think I'm ready to lead. I'm ready first to be a supportive vice president so that the presidency of Hillary Clinton is a fantastic one. But if something were to put that in my path, as much as any human being would be ready, I'd be ready. And you gotta approach it with humility.

I don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.

I would never run for president.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

I don't even want to be president!

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

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.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

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 continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I had dreams of high political office.

One day, when I have advertising out of my system, I want to be Prime Minister of Australia.

I have absolutely no political ambitions.

I want to become prime minister.