Eric Sevareid Quotes

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.

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

When I launched my first campaign in 1999, I knew that the arc of my public service would have many chapters.

I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

Having stared into the abyss of what it actually means for your life to be the leader of a political party, I'm just full of admiration and respect for anyone who wants to do it.

The biggest challenge in my life was to stay determined about my decision to join BJP and make a mark for myself without any hurdles.

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.

The next phase is to 2016, and yes, I want to be First Minister because I believe I have the life experience, and I've got a commitment to change.

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.

I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico - but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn't exactly in their league.

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

You cannot bring inexperienced men ... into the government and expect the government to run well.

Good ends can rarely be attained in politics without passion.

A great politician has to bother himself less with means than with goals.

I don't want to be known as a politician.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I would love to be the president of United States, and I think I would be good at it, but it's too late, and it is too hard.

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