Matt Gonzalez Quotes

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run for office.

You don't need to wear a politician's garb to serve public.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

I am running for governor of Kentucky as the people's advocate.

I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

To be elected to public office requires no qualifications.

Fellow citizens, I offer myself as a candidate before you, for the office of governor. I do not pretend to be a man of extraordinary talents .... Nevertheless, I do think I can govern you pretty well. I do not think it will take a very smart man to govern you ... I do not think you will be very had to govern.

Our democracy is only as good as the people who are willing to step up and run for office.

You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people, and it's not for sale.

No one you'd really like to see in public office has the bad taste to run.

I didn't run to be pope. I ran to be mayor.

The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder.

Normal people should be able to run for office.

It's extremely important that we elect people that look like the population they serve.

I'm very proud to be a member of the Congress. And I'm proud to serve with people like Mike Doyle.

In politics, the leaders are supposed to work and work.

I am an elected official. I am a parent.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.

If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.

I operate on the assumption that as a member of Congress, presently, I represent everybody - Republicans, Democrats, independents and, yes, some people who don't care to participate.

Service is running for public office with the explicit and limited goal of serving your neighbors.