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As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

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

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.

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

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

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

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

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.