S.E. Cupp Quotes

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'd like to be a U.S. senator from Tennessee.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

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

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

When I decided to run for Congress, I saw it as an opportunity to serve the South Jersey community that had become my home after signing to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. I didn't choose public service out of political ambition or a desire for power, and never once thought of making a career of it.

When you nominate for a seat, the expectation is that you serve that district and serve that seat if you are elected.

I never had asked, and never should ask, the vote of any person for any office.

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

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.

You damned fools. You can either vote for me for mayor or you can go to hell

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

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

When I chose to run for public office, I pledged to stand with the people of Nevada rather than follow a partisan line.

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

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 want to win and I want to be in office.

I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity.

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

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.