Desmond Tutu Quotes

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

We're all looking for an authentic way to be engaged in the community, engaged in politics, engaged in national discussion - and so, we're clunky. We're all clunky. But it's better than not doing it.

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

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.

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.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

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.

This idea that once you get into politics... you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a fundamental error - and that is believing that the only way you can hold progressive views and implement them is in elective office.

You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.

I was born into public service.

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

It is the duty of American Muslims to participate constructively in the political process, if only to protect their rights, and give support to views and causes they favor.

My life has told me that I do owe another human being. I owe him part of my life. That's why I'm in politics.

Government is not for the short-winded.

I don’t give a damn about election day. It doesn’t matter a lick to me. I’ve got much bigger fish to fry, and so do the people of New Jersey.

Sometime between elections we should concentrate on doing something.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

Good public service is good practical politics…. My goal is to strengthen the [Republican] Party by bettering it..

We have a threefold primary responsibility. Number 1: Get people saved. Number 2: Get them baptized. Number 3: Get them registered to vote.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics, is still the greatest and most honorable adventure.