Quotes About Commitment

I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.

I am not a politician and I have no intention of being one.

Russ Feingold is a career politician. He's addicted to it.

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

Most people wouldn't want to marry a politician.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

I want to be a public servant, not a politician.

You don't need to wear a politician's garb to serve public.

I love my country, but it's a very hard life, the life of a politician.

If I was not serious about politics, I would not have left behind my successful career to become a politician.

A politician can go out and speak for him or herself, but actually for the family it's difficult - although it does bind you.

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

I will never join politics under any circumstances.

When you are in politics, and you are a genuine person who genuinely cares, then everything comes second.

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

If we ever get to the polls once, you will never get us home.

We will accept no corporate PAC money, and we're not going to be driven by the polls.

People often complain that celebrities after joining politics are not seen once the polls are over. But I am not like them. I would work for development.

I agree with the overwhelming majority of scientists who recognize that climate change is real, and it's essential that our country honors its commitment to work with the rest of the world to cut carbon pollution and address this crisis together.