Clarence Thomas Quotes

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

While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.

This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.

I'll be honest with you, I don't agree with President Obama about everything. But I've gotten to know him, I've worked with him, and the choice is crystal clear.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

The young man who is moved in any way to contemplate an entry into public life … learns first of all to understand that there are two great political organizations, with one of which he must associate himself, learning and echoing its catch-words, accepting its leadership, and steeping himself in the belief that in it are wisdom and truth while the other party is void of both

I have never and never will do anything for the sake of popularity; he that steers by any other compass than his own sense of duty may be popular, but cannot be an honest and ... useful public servant.

Government is not for the short-winded.

I believe President Obama loves this country and wakes up every morning trying to do what is best for our nation, even if I disagree with his approach.

I remember telling President Carter on his first night, when I was escorting people around, that I was interested in continuing public service and that politics didn't matter - but it does, doesn't it?

I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.

People always said you shouldn't get in politics and talk about politics. But I believe the politics are all around us.

I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.

We grew up in my family thinking that politics was a really fascinating way to spend one's career and a way to be involved in the issues of the day. And certainly, my father and my relatives really loved all that.

I'm the one who's put myself into politics, so I'm the one that really should be wearing that front-facing role.

I want to be a part of the team that's 'making America great again' in whatever capacity I can serve.

My record proves that I don't make political or public-service decisions based on what typical folks in Washington do, which is, 'What's going to get me past the next election, or what's best for my career?'

I am joining politics for sure.

I have never been political in a partisan sense.

Since young age, I am in politics.

I didn't want to be a senator, but I considered it anyway.

I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.

When it comes to politics, it's nice to be mired with Sarah Palin. But I'm Paul Gosar. I'm my own person.

I have my opinions but to go into politics you have to be very clever, which I'm not!