Mehbooba Mufti Quotes

Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

Men in political life must be ambitious.

I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

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.

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

When you come down to the short strokes in Washington DC, you have to have power.

Territorial Governors -- are nothing but politicians who go out to the outskirts of countries and suffer the privations there in order to build up stakes and come back as United States Senators.

Anybody having a chance to become President usually tries to do so.

Rajeev Gandhi was prime minister. We've had a long family relationship with them. He asked me to fight an election, and I went ahead and did it. But I was not qualified as a politician, and I am not going back there again.

Mike Pence, of course, is a governor with executive experience and doing well in a Midwestern state, but also served in Congress. I served with Mike.

I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.

I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history.

I had dreams of high political office.

I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.

The traditional path to making a name for yourself in our family is running for elective office, and I couldn't do that because, for one thing, all the really good offices were taken.

Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be living in the White House.

Prime Minister Abe's top-level relation-building is tremendous. I can't do the same.

I have no political aspiration.

I am joining politics for sure.