Elected Officials Quotes - Page 2

• I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

  Paul Watson

  Disappointment, Thinking, Promise

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• [A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get elected, and compromised repeatedly to stay in office.

  Dick Gregory

  Art, Office, Compromise

  Dick Gregory (1972). “Dick Gregory's political primer”

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• I feel like we put all the weight on the president, rather than distributing the weight to all of the elected officials.

  Eric Andre

  President, Weight, Feels

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Our elected officials are able to regulate even the most personal aspects of our lives, from the cleanliness of the air we breathe to the identity of the people we marry. Keeping this in mind, casting a ballot is not just essential - it's practical!

  Maria Rubio

  Air, People, Voting

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• Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance is. There's no more messing around with legislatures, presidents, or other bothersome formalities. When MDMA (ecstasy) was made illegal in 1986, no elected official voted on that. It was done "in house." People are now in jail because they did something that an administrator declared was wrong.

  Peter McWilliams

  Law, Jail, People

  Peter McWilliams (1996). “Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• We know what our policy is regarding the territory of Israel, Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia and even Nagorno-Karabakh. What is our policy regarding the territory of the United States? No nation in history has ever been as willing to accommodate those who would dismember it as has the United States of America. Trying to get a straight pro-U. S. comment out of a U.S. elected official is like trying to nail a custard pie to the side of a barn.

  Barry Farber

  Israel, Pie, America

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• Hillary Brown understands that?for our grandchildren's sake?we must rebuild America and, in doing so, re-imagine our interconnected infrastructure systems to make them more efficient, environmentally safe, and resilient in this age of global urbanization. This fascinating and important book should be required reading for our elected officials and policy-makers.

  Felix Rohatyn

  Book, Reading, Grandchildren

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• The 'Rise, Rebel, Resist' video is a reflection of the outrage the American people are feeling at the absurd hypocrisy, and overwhelming nonsense and balderdash plaguing Washington D.C. It uses a bit of satire and a bit of wishful thinking to form this powerful amalgam of imagery that nourishes and empowers the living art of the song. Our message is clear: Either these elected officials do their job and protect the rights and lives of ALL Americans or be prepared to face the consequences.

  Otep Shamaya

  Song, Art, Jobs

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• It always blows me away when I see people freak out because I've changed my mind on something. I'm not an elected official, folks. I didn't get my job by promising a bunch of things. I'm a businessman and a creator. If I don't have the ability to change my mind, if I don't have the ability to be open to different points of view, then I can't do this job properly.

  Joe Quesada

  Jobs, Blow, Views

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• You see, to me, it doesnt really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly dont give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

  Richard Trumka

  Party, Names, Giving

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• Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials.

  Thomas Frank

  School, Government, Democracy

  Thomas Frank (2008). “The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule”, p.3, Macmillan

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• Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider a European or Japanese-type energy tax not only unpassable but undiscussable?

  Donella Meadows

  Stupid, Government, Energy

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• I really didn't have any bad hitchhiking experiences. The only bad experiences were standing by the road for 10 hours. I never thought I'd get a ride with a ministers wife or a coalminer or a Republican elected official. It was all pleasant surprises. The only drag was the waiting.

  John Waters

  Wife, Waiting, Hitchhiking

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• Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that takes place in areas related to politics and policy-making by elected officials. That special risk justifies especially strong pro-speech judicial presumptions. It also justifies careful review whenever the speech in question seeks to shape public opinion, particularly if that opinion in turn will affect the political process and the kind of society in which we live.

  Stephen Breyer

  Strong, Policy Making, Law

  "Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution". Book by Stephen Breyer, 2008.

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• I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress is learning from the reporting and that's staggering. Snowden and [former NSA employee] William Binney, who's also in the film as a whistleblower from a different generation, are technical people who understand the dangers.

  Laura Poitras

  Thinking, Nsa, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I think that the voters should choose the elected officials, not the elected officials choose the voters.

  Alan Grayson

  Thinking, Voters, Should

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.

  Hilda Solis

  Real, Struggle, Fighting

  "Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept". International Business Times, December 19, 2008.

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• It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional concern. But it's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.

  Edward Snowden

  Rights, Nsa, Play

  "Snowden: Feinstein a Hypocrite for Blasting CIA Spying". www.nbcnews.com. March 11, 2014.

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• Even CEOs police their own bureaucracy. Trump is not that. He does have more in common with these guys than most elected officials would have, particularly in the Obama administration. Obama didn't have anybody that'd ever worked in the private sector. All they had is a bunch of theoreticians who thought they were smarter than everybody that runs businesses in the private sector. And who knows what kind of pressure was brought to bear. Remember, Obama's agenda was one that was to be governed against the will of the people.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, People, Guy

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• You don't have to be an elected official to be a public servant.

  William J. Clinton

  Servant, Public Servants, Officials

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• The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Character, Want, Agree

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2011.

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• When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

  Ann Kirkpatrick

  Belts, Folks, Millions

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• I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people and educate the people and let they be the ones who put the pressure on their elected officials.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Numbers, People, Trying

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson On Exploring Cosmic Frontiers". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. March 2, 2012.

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• Conservatives are driven and inspired by principles, not personalities. We therefore seek consistency with our elected officials. To the extent that they are not consistent, anger is the inevitable result. So yes, many will be angry.

  Chris McDaniel

  Anger, Personality, Consistency

  "Scalise brings back Boehner's familiar right flank hangover" by Alexandra Jaffe, www.cnn.com. December 31, 2014.

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• If your life is bad because of an elected official, then you don't have a life.

  Dave Ramsey

  Life Is, Ifs, Officials

  FaceBook post by Dave Ramsey from Nov 08, 2010

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