I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.
I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.
I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.
Serving my neighbors in Congress and fighting for them has been the best job I've ever had.
I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardships in order to earn a buck. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I'm the first secretary of labor in the 21st century, and the competitiveness of the American work force and the modernization of decades-old regulations have been among our top priorities.
Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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