Denis Napthine Quotes

I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.

I hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

I'd like to be a U.S. senator from Tennessee.

Service is running for public office with the explicit and limited goal of serving your neighbors.

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

Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

I miss being governor.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

Congressmen are the only group in America who every two years have to go out and beg for their jobs.

To be elected to public office requires no qualifications.

A voting record is your work product. It tells people where you stand on issues, and for better or worse it implies you're there doing what you're elected to do. It's the only litmus test available.

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.

John, I need for you to write an editorial urging me to run for the State Senate.

I’ve run for President twice. There are other ways to serve.

It is a privilege to serve the country in the United States Senate and serve the people of New Hampshire. I wake up every day with a sense of purpose.

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

I'm very happy where I am: I'm a senator from Ohio.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

Serving the people of Arkansas' 2nd District is the honor of a lifetime, and I'm grateful for the opportunity I have been given by my fellow Arkansans.

I am an elected official; I was not elected by the Right.

I was on the elections committee in my last session in the state House of Representatives.

Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.