Elected Quotes - page 3

Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen. (Pierre Trudeau)
In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing. View quote
Jorge Luis Borges
... whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party. View quote
Sergey Brin
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers. View quote
Gerald Ford
And I want you to know that I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do for the people of the United States. View quote
Richard Nixon
Look, I am a Palestinian elected representative from Jericho. If a Palestinian wants to sell his fruit anywhere in the West Bank, he goes to the Israeli civil administration. If a Palestinian sick person wants to leave a hospital, he goes through the Israeli civil administration. Nobody can leave or enter my constituency without Israeli permission. Israel is, in effect, resuming the occupation. View quote
Saeb Erekat
All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four. View quote
Mark Spitz
It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then. View quote
Steven Johnson
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. View quote
Frank Luntz
The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also, the abandonment and neglect of children by their parents should have civil consequences. View quote
Bill O'Reilly
When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now. (Ed Harris)
Of course, I am the first democratically elected woman president in Africa, and that raises a lot of expectations. Because I represent the aspirations of women all over Africa, I must succeed for them. I must keep the door open for women's participation in politics at the highest level. That is both humbling and exciting. View quote
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come. View quote
Kathryn Stockett
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election. View quote
Adam Michnik
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband. View quote
Lady Bird Johnson
I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office. View quote
Bill de Blasio
I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing ‘Dixie' until she cries.” [in an elevator to Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate]. View quote
Jesse Helms
I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens. View quote
Milos Zeman
When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same. View quote
Ann Kirkpatrick
I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is. View quote
Anthony A. Williams
I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive. (Birch Bayh)
You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones. View quote
Bob Riley
When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter. View quote
Bart Gordon
Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. View quote
Chris Chocola
Two years before the last election you nor anyone else would have predicted that Barack Obama was going to get elected president of the United States. View quote
David Axelrod