Elected Quotes - page 4

Criticizing Fox News has nothing to do with criticizing the press. Fox News is not a news organization. It is the de facto leader of the GOP, and it is long past time that it is treated as such by the media, elected officials and the public. (David Brock)
I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am. View quote
Dean Smith
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame. View quote
Dennis Eckersley
Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president. View quote
Douglas Wilder
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets. View quote
Geraldine Ferraro
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress. View quote
Geraldine Ferraro
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. View quote
Gwen Moore
I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions. View quote
Haley Barbour
If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or worse, feed false information - those who could control the classified data could be the real decision makers. View quote
Harold H. Greene
I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights. View quote
Jean O'Leary
In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. (John E. Walker)
Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will. View quote
John H. Sununu
Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better. View quote
Jon Tester
You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting. View quote
Karen Bass
The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration. View quote
Lou Barletta
These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. View quote
Lucy Powell
When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention. View quote
Mark Shields
To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better. View quote
Mike DeWine
I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me; I dont know why! There were only 330 kids in my high school, though, so it wasnt a lot of kids to impress or reign over. View quote
Nicholas Braun
Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature. View quote
Nick Lampson
What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work. (Peter MacKay)
Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks. View quote
Richard V. Allen
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. View quote
Robert Altman
Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years. View quote
Robert Caro
On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace. View quote
Rafik Hariri