Timothy Weah Quotes

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

I formed a great desire to help you be president of the United States. It has seemed to me that if I could perform some service for you that would land you in the Presidency I could perform as great a service for my country as I could perform on the battlefield.

For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.

Even through sports, I have been serving the country. But later, I want to join politics.

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask whether your country has been inhaling paint-thinner fumes.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

I think there are many ways to serve your country.

My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am.

For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country's call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my country and my friends to do anything, outside of serving on a commission, that I can in this great movement. But you will have to give me some idea of where "confidence" is. And just who you want it restored to.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

I have a responsibility to devote my energy to my country and my people.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

We should all spend some time of our life doing service to our country. To me, I would give up a couple of years.

I know what motivated you was not just a political campaign. It was your love of our country.

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

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.