Quotes About Representation

We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.

Scorsese and De Niro taught me to bring out the natural side of myself. And they taught me to think of myself as the average guy. Sometimes the average guy belongs in a role more than your matinee idol-type of person. We have to have people we can relate to.

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

The citizens of Puerto Rico pay taxes with no representation every day, because Puerto Rico is not a state. And the rules only became more confusing the more I looked into them during my time there.

I just simply can't support having my constituents pay more taxes and not receive more benefits for their tax payments.

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.

I believe that the decisions which govern all our lives, the laws we must all obey, and the taxes we must all pay should be decided by people we choose and who we can throw out if we want change.

When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.

Why shouldn't 16-year-olds who pay taxes and drive not be allowed to vote?

As far as characters that are written as Muslims, we're only seeing one dimension. It's either the good Muslim who is helping the FBI, or the taxi driver-terrorist bundled in one.

I'm not really a big fan of the idea that getting elected to public office means you get to live lavishly on the taxpayer's dime, in some mansion away from the people you represent.

If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.

It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.

As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.

People say Taylor Swift's not feminist enough or Beyonce's not feminist enough, but there are 12-year-old girls going to their shows and taking an awesome message.

There are a lot of podcasters that are females of color. And I think that we should be allowed to tell a very specific kind of story. And if you don't like it, you don't like it. But if you do, enjoy the tea! Sip that tea.

What I owe the Tea Party is to be the conservative voice they elected me to be.

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

A lot of what you have seen with third-party groups - like the Tea Party - these folks are conservative, and they are fed up with people in Washington who are not working for them but against them.

I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.

For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers or our doctors or our manicurists. We're not real people. We are there to inspire.

Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you how to see the historical moment that you live in.

We represent the moderate teachings and principles of Islam.