Jane Byrne Quotes

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

While not all politicians are statesmen, all statesmen are politicians.

It's an honor to be chosen to serve as Mayor Hancock's deputy mayor. This position comes with great responsibility, but should the need arise, I know I am up to the challenge.

Although I have to leave you as mayor soon, I resume the much more honorable title of citizen of New York, and citizen of the United States.

But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.

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.

One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.

My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.

I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.

I am extremely proud to have the honour and privilege to be the Premier of this great state of Victoria.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.

If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.

I don't want to be the mayor of New Jersey.

I just want to do a good job as mayor.

I tell you very openly: it's much easier to be the heavyweight champion of the world than to be the mayor of Kiev.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.