Sushma Swaraj Quotes

When people go to vote still in Britain, they will look at their local representatives, but I don't think there is a sort of cult of personality politics. Obviously, they want to know who the leader is for each party, but I think there is a lot of identification with their local candidates.

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

My stock answer when people ask 'Are you Britain's Barack Obama?' is 'I'm quite happy being Streatham's Chuka Umunna,' and I really mean that.

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.

Politics will take care of itself. I'm interested in people who are involved in the situations that politicians create. Politics is taken care of by politicians - they're not filmmakers.

Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.

Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.

I have the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like.

I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th least senior person in there and be polite, and somewhere in their fourth or fifth year do some bipartisan bill that nobody cares about, don't vote for me.

There are different ways to get responsive government leaders but one of the more effective ways is to have them democratically elected.

Never you mind about the country, or about the state, or the city, or about the ward. You take care of your precinct.

It's very hard to like politicians enough to write short stories about them.

We're all candidates all the time. Claude Pepper is eighty seven, and he's worried about redistricting in 1992.

I don’t attend rallies and I don’t participate in presidential elections. In fact, I don’t participate in any election. I don’t participate in the governor’s race, I don’t participate in the mayor’s race. I participate in one election every two years. Then I’m strong for Hebert. That is the only election I take part in.

Being a politician is a calling second only to being a minister.

When you are not running for office, the people in the party listen to you more.

No party is as bad as its state and national leaders.

My respect for politicians has increased. It's hard work - even hard physical work.

I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else.