Martin Sheen Quotes

I don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.

I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

Running for president is hard. But it's good preparation. Because being president is a lot harder.

The great scientist was offered the Presidency of the young state of Israel:] I am deeply moved ..., though also sad and abashed that it is impossible for me to accept this offer. Since all my life I have been dealing with the world of objects. I have neither the natural ability nor the experience necessary to deal with human beings and to carry out official functions.

I promise you the country would be in real trouble if I were really in the White House.

I've had to learn to understand Presidents.

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I support Hillary Clinton for the presidency because her experience and her record demonstrate that she's qualified to hold the job.

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

For four years, Barack Obama has been running from the nation's problems. He hasn't been working to earn reelection. He's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour.

America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.

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

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.

I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give.

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man.

I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.