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I think I can achieve more outside the political arena.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

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.

I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.

I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.

I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

I am not a politician; I've never run for anything in my life. I'm an economist. I'm a broadcaster. I've been an adviser. I worked for Ronald Reagan.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.