Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.
I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.
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 ran for public office to do something good.
Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.
During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.
You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.
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.
If you don't like public service, don't run for office.
My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.
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