Mark Pryor Quotes

It's like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you're all excited, 'My God, how did I ever get here?' Then, about six months later, you say, 'How the hell did the rest of them get here?'

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.

When Caroline Kennedy managed to say 'you know' more than 200 times in an interview with the New York 'Daily News,' and on 130 occasions while talking to 'The New York Times' during her uninspired attempt to become a hereditary senator, she proved, among other things, that she was (a) middle-aged and (b) middle class.

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day.

People in power tend to get tone deaf.

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.

I think Mitt Romney is a good guy. He just has no idea of how good he has had it.

I have a world of respect for Congressman Dold and the service he's given to our country.

It's a great privilege to be asked to help the country - even if it occasionally comes with some degree of criticism.

When you serve, whether it's here in the House or in the White House or anywhere else, it's a distinct honor and privilege and so that's about the extent of it.

At the age of 18, I went to West Point, and I swore an oath to defend this Constitution, and I embraced a motto called duty and honor and country. And I've lived my life in accordance with those values ever since then.

For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.

I am offended by people who feel that they're entitled to something just because of their last name.

I so respect Sen. McCain's service to this country, and no one certainly knows more about torture than he does, and so I recognize that.

It's been a great honour and privilege to serve Canadians.

I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about our country that we had back-to-back African-American Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and then me. I also thought it said a lot about President Bush that he didn't see limits on the highest ranking diplomat in terms of color. It's a hard job, but really the best one in government.

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Politicians never live up to all the hopes that we invest in them but I think he [Barack Obama] has made America a different country.

I didn't think this whole business with Director James Comey was handled well. So there are sort of day-to-day aspects of the operation that I think are really troublesome. And I know that there are a lot of people in the country who have lots of issues with decisions that Donald Trump has making on the domestic side.

Some people think elections are a game: who's up or who's down. It's about our country. It's about our kids' future. It's about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, against difficult odds. We do it because we care about our country. Some of us are right, and some of us are not. Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us haven't thought that through.