Paddy Ashdown Quotes

I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

I don't have to be in politics.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

I don't see myself in the political realm.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.

No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.

I'll be honest: I haven't ruled politics out.

I am joining politics for sure.

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

I'm only sort of a politician.

I'm not a politician or political animal.

Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.

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

I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.

Politics is in my blood. I'd love to be involved in 2008, maybe even '06.

Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.

I started thinking about getting into politics when David Cameron became leader.