Adam Rickitt Quotes

My job is to make the case that I'll do the best job possible representing the people of Georgia's Sixth District, and what they want is representation that's focused on them and not this national partisan political circus.

I love being in the BJP, communicating with people and doing something for them. It's very challenging.

I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community ... must speak in the tone of that community, not as somebody else's buffer zone.

I want to do something for Kirkcaldy and Fife. I am a full-time MP, not a businessman.

I want to fight hard for the values and priorities of my district.

It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington.

I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.

Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.

My favorite part of the experience of serving in Congress is knowing that my time and effort are spent for the greater good and for the betterment of our nation.

There's the human side of people who are in public life that connects people. Whether it's favorable or unfavorable, it gives them some connection with the person who's onstage, and I think those connections are edifying.

I'm working for my state first.

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.

It's all about representing the forgotten men and women, to make sure that they have a voice and members of the Freedom Caucus take that very seriously.

A lot of people talk about running for office, but what are you going to do when you get there? It's about service - and there aren't enough hours in the day.

You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern on the airport noise. I walk down to the Star Market in Porter Square, and people tell me about meat prices.

Be informed, ask questions, band together with your community, and fight at the local level. And make sure you take your local elections as seriously as the national ones.

Our interest isn't in just serving the guests and hosts. We need to serve the entire community. If that means we have to take action against the host, we will.

For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.

I dedicated my career to really working in under-served communities and really just being in the trenches.

I will always be a voice of reason for our community, our state and our nation.

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.