Famous Quotes & Sayings

He is what amounts to another union representative rather than representing the people who elected him.

Lady Bird Johnson

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

Elliott Abrams

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Their voices have been heard. They elected me to be governor, and they sent me up here to do the job, ... That's what I'm here to do, and so that's why I'm concentrating on this right now.

Viktor Yushchenko

that I have lived to the time when the Ukrainian president is elected not in Moscow, not in Washington, but in Ukraine.

At a minimum, we will would like to see some new opportunities for regional transit to be presented to our elected officials.

Ismail Haniyeh

This is an elected government and it must be given all the authorities and they should not be touched.

Paul Hewitt

For Eureka, things we can do (are) speak one-on-one to our neighbors and friends (and) to our elected officials (about risky drinking).

Stuart Pearce

This must be the only industry in the world where you can have a total novice, who has not even been in management for one year, being touted for the top job in English football. Would we say the next prime minister is going to be someone who has not even been elected as an MP (lawmaker) yet? No.

Rob Schneider

There was no task that he wouldn't take on. When negotiations would roll around, people would make sure that Martin got elected to that committee. They wanted his experience, his intellect.

Marsha Blackburn

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

It is reprehensible that some elected officials are looking to score political points in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

There's a natural pursuit of elected officials which I think is healthy and normal.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise.

Tony Tan

I'm glad that Singaporeans were receptive to my message and have elected me to serve as their president.

David Harsanyi

Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.

We were an extremely young football team last year and played some freshmen, and we were hoping that would pay off. But we elected to just not talk a whole lot about last year.

Rob Woodall

Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United States senators would be difficult to contact if they were named by our state legislatures?

Do you know one of the most interesting things is, when we lost office in '51 we did so on a higher vote that we'd been elected to in '45.

P. J. O'Rourke

Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could.

I've talked to people in all walks of life, from elected officials ... to the guy who repaired my shoes.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

Fabian Nunez

This is not the governor you elected, ... We elected him governor, not king.

This is not his fault; he was not ready. Getting elected and being ready to do the job are two different things.

You're talking about a democratically elected Islamic government that is part of the wider Muslim Brotherhood network in the region.

Lee Kuan Yew

Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

Ed Koch

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

Ed Koch

I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.

John McCarthy

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

There is a school of thought here that says we are too quick to undermine our elected leaders.

Ted Cruz

If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.

Shashi Tharoor

When I grew up in India, telephones were a rarity. In fact, they were so rare that elected members of Parliament had the right to allocate 15 telephone lines as a favor to those they deemed worthy. If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy businessman or an influential journalist, or a doctor or something, you might have a telephone.

Don't think that we're not interested in what you have to say, because this is your road, ... It's not just our road and it's not just elected officials' road.