Tom Daschle Quotes

I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.

It's easier to run for office than to run the office.

Presidents ... become hermits only at their peril. Running the executive branch is now a team sport. It is operated best by politicians who thrive on command, possess a fine and sure touch for the levers of power and enjoy the company of those who serve them.

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.

In government, you're not a writer, you're an administrator.

Running a government as chief minister and managing affairs of the nation are different things.

I cannot think of a president or administration that has taken seriously the 100 days.

Campaigning and governing are two very different activities, and there is no reason to assume that how Trump conducted the former will dictate how he approaches the latter.

I always say that campaigning and governing are two different things.

Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

When the President makes something a priority, we see action.

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

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.

I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.

I'm governor of New York.

I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching.

Some day I shall be President.

If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th least senior person in there and be polite, and somewhere in their fourth or fifth year do some bipartisan bill that nobody cares about, don't vote for me.

He can't spend all his time running his mouth; he's got to run the country.