Thom Tillis Quotes

The No. 1 thing I want a voter to think about when they see my name, or hear my name, is what I stand for, and what I want to do for them and their family while elected.

It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record.

I have done things politically, and I've been running a business at the same time, but I sort of joke that to some extent I do more than most legislators have done in their whole careers, and I've been doing it as a part-time job.

President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval gunnery officer and then as Congressman for a quarter century.

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

I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years.

When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his 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.

Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is.

I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

I see more clearly than ever, and I thought I saw before, that congressional life is not the best introduction to the President's house. Great and fully equipped as the general [James Garfield] is, there are embarrassments growing out of his long and brilliant career in Congress, which Jackson and Lincoln, and Grant, and myself, escaped.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

What has Dianne Feinstein done... I'll put my legislative background up against hers any day.

I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

I'm a businessman. I'm a former legislator, and I'm an executive. And I've been very effective in each one of those positions.

I myself have raised plenty of questions about Sarah Palin, much to the annoyance of the McCain campaign. But those questions have been about her qualifications and experience, never her appearance.

When you are choosing an MP you need to choose the person who is pretty much likely to be the best representative for your area.

I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.