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Quotes from Governor's Travels : How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America — Angus King

born 1944 United States

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My approach to the job can be summed up pretty simply — I never viewed politics as my career.

Governor's Travels : How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America (2011)

I always had a kind of Myth of Cincinnatus idea about politics — that public service was something you do for a while in between stints at real life. And when your time is up, you return to the plow, which is hopefully still somewhere close to where you left it.

Governor's Travels : How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America (2011)

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