Dan Webster Quotes

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

I've been complimented enough and asked to run for various offices out here in Utah, but right now, I'm not interested. I don't know that I have the stomach for it.

When I was a young man, I used to dream maybe someday I could be an alderman. Instead of that I became an attorney general, a senator, a vice president, a Democratic nominee.

My sister is not interested in any political positions; not in Rajya Sabha or anything else.

If I think of all the family members, I was probably the only one who was excited with the possibility of my dad's entering public office.

You could be a senior senator and have never managed more than a hundred people in your life.

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.

I am not a professional politician.

Elective office and public service are obviously something that have long ties with my family, and something I'm definitely interested in.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

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

I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

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.

But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.

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'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.

I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.