I don't want an underachiever working on my car's transmission. Why would I want someone regular sitting in the Oval Office? Sorry, give me somebody who has demonstrated a capacity to excel.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.
I have not the smarts or patience for political office.
It's easier to run for office than to run the office.
I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four years. I'd like to see somebody who's going in the office. In fact, I'd like to not see them because that way you'd be sure that they'd be working.
Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.
It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.
I'm not driving to be a popular president.
When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.
I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.