Orson Scott Card Quotes

It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

I'm offering myself up. I'm saying that if I have the background, the capability and the concern to do this and I'm doing this for the right reasons... but I'm not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I'd make a good president. Nowadays, the process has become much more important than I think it used to be.

I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and two, they can look at folks out there and say, 'I promise you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion.

Most of them [American politicians] are men of undoubted charm, ability, and incredible energy, and yet too often they lack purpose or appetite for anything beyond their own careers. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

I confess that I desire to be reelected. God knows I do not want the labor and responsibility of the office for another four years. But I have the common pride and want my past four years of administration and endorsed.

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.

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.

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

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

I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.

I didn't go into politics because I'm a woman. I have done this because I have been interested in politics my whole life.

You should not want to be a politician because you want to be president. You should be a politician because you want to fix the world or represent a movement.

I have no desire to run for public office.

I was not born for politics.

I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.

When I was in the military, my dad ran in the Mike Harris 1995 Common Sense Revolution election, and that's where I really made the decision that one day I would love to run for office.

My mother knows struggle and has taught me how to lead with compassion, the compassion that should be required for every representative on every level of government.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.

I've decided to get into active politics on Narendra Modiji's request. I don't know how successful I will be, but I'll give it my best shot.

I have no ambitions to become the PM.

I feel you've got to be young and dynamic to be in politics.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

I'm intrigued by being in public office.

Rocky would definitely run for councilman. Maybe mayor. But these people are actually most effective in the family unit. That's where they shine.