Chris Gibson Quotes

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.

As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

Most people who serve in Congress just want to do the right thing.

I'd like to vote for a bill. But I'm not going to vote for one unless I think it's going to be good for the area I represent.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.

Only those who vote politicians into power have the right to depose them.

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

I don't care who the president is - it ain't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

I was very proud of you and your vote on the McCarran Bill. I wish I could say the same for myself.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

The Members of the Parliament shall be bound solely by their own conscience and not by any directions given by their electors.

A man ain't got not right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views.

To say that sovereignty vests with the people, and that they have not a right to instruct and control their representative is absurd to the last degree.

A voting record is your work product. It tells people where you stand on issues, and for better or worse it implies you're there doing what you're elected to do. It's the only litmus test available.