J. C. Watts Quotes

I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.

The best, most interesting years of my life were spent in government and politics.

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

I happened to have the privilege of serving in Congress. It will be 16 years at the end of this term. And I think I made a difference here on important issues.

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime.

For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a chance at political life for real. When the people of Etobicoke-Lakeshore elected me their MP, it changed me forever.

I can honestly say that being a United States Senator has been the honor of my life.

I also served on many government committees.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

I'm blessed to represent Florida in the United States Senate.

I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me.

I was a very, very good congressman.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

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 the most honorable adventure.

After thinking carefully about how I can best help my fellow Minnesotans, I have decided to not seek election for a different office in 2014. The warm encouragement from many people to run for U.S. senator or the governorship was deeply humbling.

If I only had 12 years left to live, I'd want to live it as a member of Congress because that was the 12 longest years of my life.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

I knew quite a lot about politics before I went to Parliament.

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

I've been in Parliament since 1983, and I've been involved in many issues over the time.

After a great deal of thought and discussions with my family, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2014. Politics shouldn't be a career, and I never intended to make it one.

If you want to be a policy maker, run for office.