Clarence Darrow Quotes

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

Anybody having a chance to become President usually tries to do so.

I run for president because I believe that we can't just save the American dream; we can expand it to reach more people and change more lives than ever before.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.

In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.

If you are a United States senator and are not under indictment or in detoxification, you automatically consider yourself as a potential candidate for the Presidency.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics, is still the greatest and most honorable adventure.

So far, I have not come to any of the positions that I have filled through wanting to be there. I was sought - people wanted me to come to those posts. I am talking about all my positions: mayor of Istanbul, chairman of the party, prime minister.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I want to make sure that every kid, every young boy and young girl in this country gets the opportunity to live their American dream. That's what the role of being in Congress and being a United States senator is all about.

You have to be either naive or power-hungry to get into politics. I wouldn't consider it myself. I am too well-informed.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

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

America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

I really don't sit here and dream what life in the White House will be like. I just can't go beyond the point when the people go to the ballot box with all that power.

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

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

As America knows, Obama turned down the lucrative career path guaranteed to the first African-American president of The Harvard Law Review to pursue the missions of service and teaching instead. The potential rewards for our country, now that that early choice has led him into the White House, are enormous.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

All the best reasons for going into politics never really change: the desire for glory and fame and the chance to do something that really matters, that will make life better for a lot of people.