Wendy Kopp Quotes

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

I would never run for any office or government position. I'm not into it.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

You might be considering elected office because you are angry with those in power. Indignation can be a motivator to run but not to govern. If you win you'll need more than anger to govern.

Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

I’m the first to say that I’ve no idea what I’m doing. There is no manual here for how to be mayor.

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.

I’ve run for President twice. There are other ways to serve.

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years.

When I was a young man, I used to dream maybe someday I could be an alderman. Instead of that I became an attorney general, a senator, a vice president, a Democratic nominee.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I really love being governor. I've been extremely successful.

I think we can do better with our politicians. I think I'd make a good one, because I like people.

I knew I would work in a community that I would like to live in, but I had no idea that I would ever go into politics, even though some of my classmates thought I would.

I hope Paper Boi runs for president. I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better believe it.

I'm not going to become an MP and I'm not going to be London Mayor. I have no political ambitions.

Having a path to elected office was never the goal for me.

Of course I have had thoughts about going into politics.