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I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.

I was considering running for political office.

If you don't like public service, don't run for office.

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

I ran for president in 1996.

I ran for Congress, just once.