To be perfectly honest, it isn't fair that people have used my personality, and the sacrifices I make because I want to, as an indication that I want to be in a political office.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through.
I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.
I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.
I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.
I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.
I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me.
I'm not sure I had a political career for the future anyway. I'm not sure that politics was what I wanted to spend my life doing.
It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.
I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.