Frances Sissy Farenthold Quotes

Senators here were elected to the Senate and not to the caucus ... great questions of this sort should be debated in public and decided in public.

The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

I'm interested in being part of a majority in the Senate.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish It

You can reform a political culture, but it’s a big lift. First, the voters would have to convince the legislators that they’re being watched by someone other than the lobbyists. Then they’d have to press for laws that would force a change of behavior, like nonpartisan redistricting and ethics reform. Then the voters would have to follow up, year after year, until the old guard was replaced by a whole new generation who went into politics with dreams of drafting serious legislation, rather than just bringing more stuff back into the district or, at worst, shaking down some landlord at the airport for a thousand bucks.

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

Sometime between elections we should concentrate on doing something.

Social change … almost inevitably leads to the rise of new political actors demanding a voice and a share of power.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

I am not interested in state politics.

Since 1990, we have been building up the idea that democracy is the best way for sectors that feel socially excluded from politics to win power.

If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's rigged,' you say, 'Vote.' Someone says, 'I was making a statement by not voting,' and then you say, 'Well I can't hear it.'

Billionaires and corporations buy and sell politicians, while citizens struggle to exercise their right to vote or hold their elected representatives to account.

Had there not been these safety valves of political parties and elections, we may very well have had no way to change except forceful overthrow of government.

In the UK we have general elections roughly every four or five years because we know circumstances, situations and therefore opinions change over time.

If we want our laws to change, we need to elect people who are willing to change them.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.