Alexander Downer Quotes

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

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

I want to be prime minister.

One day, when I have advertising out of my system, I want to be Prime Minister of Australia.

I want to become prime minister.

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

I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.

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

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

I would never run for president.

The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

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

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

No, I'm not running for office someday.

I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.

I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office.

When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to become President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Men in political life must be ambitious.

It was flattering to have high expectations, but I was never going to be President.

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.

I am going to be prime minister.