Hold Office

Famous quotes containing the words hold and/or office:

“I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“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.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)