Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Carlin

We get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.

Ted Cruz

If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.

Another misconception is that we are elected officials, and we are the final decision-makers.

elected to make tough decisions, and this was one of them.

Elected officials who win trust, like Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings, get re-elected.

Silvio Berlusconi

elected by moderate voters who mandated these gentlemen to do the exact opposite of what they're now doing.

Bloomberg could not have been elected with the Independence Party,

Michael Nutter

I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.

We think Mathieu is at the point where we think he's ready for the No. 1 role, ... We've liked him in the Montreal organization and traded for him. He elected to play in Manchester (AHL) during the lockout and had a great year.

was elected on a totally, totally different agenda.

Frederick Chiluba

We are still firmly in control, ... legal and democratically elected government.

We wish the new, democratically elected government success. The United States is going to support the new government.

Heather Williams

We feel like the elected officials in the House and the Senate should be the ones looking at this legislation and making a decision. Just like we would not put to a vote for the public anything such as health codes, speed limits or things of that nature.

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.

Kenneth Starr

I could have done more to say this is privacy-sensitive material that we felt was important for the elected representatives to have.

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.

Kim Smith

If the people want this and we elected our school board, sooner or later they're going to have to listen to us.

If our elected officials in Texas want to impose harsh penalties for the use of marijuana, that is their decision, but the university does not have to pile on.

I personally feel that I got elected to do a job. I am not one to succumb to political pressure or what's politically correct. I have to go out and do what I think is the right thing.

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.

Red Faber

It's a great honor to me to be named to the Hall of Fame. It's very hard for me to even imagine that I would ever be elected to it.

It is time for our elected officials to invest in Texas' natural heritage and to provide the planning and resources we need to preserve Texas for future generations.

Joe Arpaio

I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians.

John Young

I'm not trying to be insensitive to other parishes, but I was elected to represent the residents of Jefferson Parish, ... And as long as hurricane season is still open, we have to protect this parish.

Rich Robinson

invites a question: Can a partisan elected official fairly and impartially handle these kinds of election-related violations, ethics violations?

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

I love my job, ... And I hope that some day, one of you in this group will be elected to government somewhere.

He's elected a lot of people who are urban and reform-minded and not part of the old machine.

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.

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

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.

Ismail Haniyeh

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