Pat Paulsen Quotes

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

Mo [Congressman Morris K. Udall] is too funny to be President.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

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.

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

Since declaring that she would not serve in a second Obama administration, Clinton has dismissed suggestions that she will run in 2016.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.

As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government.

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

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.

If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'

I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well.

Every member of Congress is shaped by his or her first election.

Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.

Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.