Dick Murphy Quotes

"You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Being, State)

"Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Life, Family, God, Community, First, Obligation)

"I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Power, Elections, Public)

"At least I make decisions based on what I think is right, not who my friends might be."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Decisions, Friends, Right)

"I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Politics, People, America)

"I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests."
- Dick Murphy
(Related: Job, Running, Years)