Pete Buttigieg Quotes

I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously am - that was - every one of those was just a tremendous experience. I'm very comfortable with what I did and why I did it and how I did it. And I'll let others judge whether they liked it or not.

I loved being in the Senate. That was a wonderful experience.

Being a politician is a calling second only to being a minister.

I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.

My childhood dream was to be prime minister.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

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

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

I can honestly say that being a United States Senator has been the honor of my life.

I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.

The best, most interesting years of my life were spent in government and politics.

If you want to be a policy maker, run for office.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

I have dealt with politicians ever since I came into the government in 1971. I have seen many prime ministers, many finance ministers.

I'm blessed to represent Florida in the United States Senate.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

I want to become prime minister.

It would be wonderful to be a member of the United States Senate.

I spent three years working at the White House and wanted to do something that wasn't about passing bills and resolutions.

This is the difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kaine. They are career public servants. Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He built a business.

Critics have noted Schwarzenegger's only previous government experience was serving under President Bush senior as Chairman of the Council of Physical Fitness, a largely symbolic office, where Schwarzenegger's only responsibility was doing hundreds of jumping jacks he was going to do anyway.

Personally, having, you know, lived and worked in the White House, having been a senator, having been Secretary of State, there has traditionally been a great pool of very talented, hard-working people.

My name is Mart Laar. I have been twice Prime Minister of Estonia, and I'm not an economist.

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.