Quotes About Politics

It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent.

Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're supposed to represent.

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

Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society.

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'd like to vote for a bill. But I'm not going to vote for one unless I think it's going to be good for the area I represent.

Ann Coulter is very popular. She has got a niche. She is a best selling author, but she does not represent Republican women.

The Clintons represent three decades of the Democrat party being completely sure of getting the black vote, while doing nothing to help the black community in return.

People who truly represent an extreme on either side have a very difficult time getting bipartisan support for what they're doing.

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.

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.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

There's so much talk of representation in politics and entertainment - it's everywhere - but I didn't realize representation was important until really my senior year of high school.

Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.

Ours is not the only party which has more representation of family members.

Do we hate our women? I don't think so. In fact, Pakistan has more women representation in government than the U.S., and we have twice elected a female head of state.

I'm about real representation in government.

The way we fund campaigns is a feminist issue and a race issue. If you want more representation, you can't say it's going to be really expensive to run for office and you need a rolodex of billionaires.

Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'.

Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally dependant on the political system and has never earned any money. Then you'll get the politicians you deserve.