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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

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

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?

If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you.

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

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?

Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.

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

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.