Quotes About Leadership

I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.

We are different from many African countries. We represent Africa as the gateway and will do everything to make African and Israeli relations mushroom.

Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively.

Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support.

I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.

George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!

Our purpose is to be up here to resolve these issues. Our purpose is to be up here and represent the people.

If a thing is going to represent you, your vision, you should be involved in every aspect of that thing. I like my role as executive producer on anything probably as much as performer.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

There's a responsibility to represent female MMA that comes with being the champion, just as there's a responsibility to represent and promote the show when you coach TUF.

I was elected to represent my district, not to predict the future.

I've been a loud voice as a Democratic leader for years, but that's not my job now. My job is to represent fishermen and farmers - everyone.

I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.

Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.

The belt doesn't represent me; it's how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.

People are so frustrated by electing people to represent them in Washington, D.C., and having them immediately forget about the Hoosiers they represent.

If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.

I represent the interests of almost 90,000 human beings in our system. That's by far my first and foremost commitment.

The art of compromise should be always alive and well. You represent the people of your district, the people of your county, your city, your township. Make sure that you do it for the people rather than your party or issue.

Very often, I think about the people that I represent. I meet people who have thousands and thousands of employees and millions and millions of customers - and also make a lot of money. But I think about the millions of Europeans that I represent in order to try to balance that so we can meet on more equal terms.

The people have the right to know whether or not the person they elect has the capacity to represent them.