Elected Official Quotes

A President is not elected to do as he pleases. He is elected to do as the people please.

I have an open door to meet with my constituents and that I work hard to respond to their needs, and I'm proud of the constituent service that we provide.

I would like to do a story where the country found itself a presidential candidate who actually will get elected preaching traditional values and then sets out to enforce them, where it actually comes down to the fact that reality as we know it may not be as etched in stone as we tell ourselves it is.

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

I was not elected to serve one party.

When I was elected to Congress, I made a commitment to my constituents that my office would set the standard to be open and transparent.

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government.

When I was elected to Congress, this was the No. 1 issue businesses brought up. They said that if we want this country to succeed, we need immigration reform.

As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.

I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do.

Critics have noted Schwarzenegger's only previous government experience was serving under President Bush senior as Chairman of the Council of Physical Fitness, a largely symbolic office, where Schwarzenegger's only responsibility was doing hundreds of jumping jacks he was going to do anyway.

I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.

I'd rather report to four million people as the elected Sheriff than some governor or president, so I like reporting to the people.

If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.

… lame duck

Pick somebody who knows what it's like to live on an average income and to deal with the problems that most Americans face. Pick somebody who's traveled this country and who will remember who put him in the White House - not to be a king but to be a public servant.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.

Most people who run for political office have another job.

When I represented the people of Texas I voted the way they wanted. If I should be president I would represent the people of the United States and my actions would reflect their views.

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

I'm not a game-show contestant, I'm a U.S. senator.