Joseph P. Kennedy III Quotes

I hate raising money. It diverts you from what your real task is: to be a representative. You're diverted into preservation when you really want to spend your time and energy making a better state and a better country - which is the reason you ran in the first place.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.

I am extremely privileged to serve Rhode Island in the United States Senate, and that is my only goal and aspiration.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

All I am saying is I will be a senator - should there be any special circumstance where the political forces would believe that there might be a need for my service, I would consider it.

Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a chance at political life for real. When the people of Etobicoke-Lakeshore elected me their MP, it changed me forever.

I can honestly say that being a United States Senator has been the honor of my life.

I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there.

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

If you don’t enjoy helping people then politics is something you shouldn’t be about.

Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

I have no desire to run for public office.

I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

Hillary Clinton's time in the Senate indicates she is happier being a policy workhorse than a show horse.

Campaigning for Congress is an issue of conviction, and there is no element of any personal gain in it.

I didn't want to be a senator, but I considered it anyway.

Rocky would definitely run for councilman. Maybe mayor. But these people are actually most effective in the family unit. That's where they shine.

People support me because they know me. They know my life's work. They have worked with me and many have also worked with Senator [Bernie] Sanders. And at the end of the day they endorse me because they know I can get things done.

This country has attained 'Swarajya', but unfortunately the dream of 'Surajya' is left unfulfilled. Today, if there is any major challenge before this country, it is that of a 'Surajya' and since the last decade, Gujarat is working in the direction of attaining Surajya.

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.

Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.