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I think I can achieve more outside the political arena.

Politics is not my cup of tea. I would like to focus on research and education, and will also work to help start-up ecosystem.

I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skeptic. I think you can accomplish a lot more locally. I don't want to spin the wheels and not get anything done.

I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.

If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property rights and the strong rule of law and get rid of the dictators in a lot of these countries.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.

I am a patriot: I want to help my country and help it grow.

Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.