Mitt Romney Quotes

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

I feel very strongly that the country needs dedicated people who have passion... rather than those who are in politics only for a career.

My life will not be defined by a single political campaign. Those will come and go. But what has driven me to run for elected office in the past still drives me today: the knowledge that heroes do walk among us with tremendous strength and power.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.

I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.

After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.

Why shouldn't a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions?

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I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

When you travel and when you campaign, people tell you their problems. You see the problems and you become aware of them and you talk about them every day. And so you feel the responsibility for doing something about them.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

By running, you're making that commitment that says, 'I'm dedicating myself to public service.' Win or lose, you're making that statement, and you actually are taking a step in that direction.

I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done.

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

Sometimes you're going to run because you want to elevate an issue. Sometimes you're going to run because you want to do public service, and it's a way to not only tell the community what you care about what you want to achieve, but you're making a commitment.

Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

I ran for public office to do something good.

Even through sports, I have been serving the country. But later, I want to join politics.

I have always been very open about my respect for public service.