Quotes About Representation

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations–great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.

The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.

As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.

Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

There's a lot of bleeding idiots in t'country and they deserve some representation.

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.

The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.

I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics

I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

Environmentalists needed to stop imagining that they were representing a thing called Nature or the Environment, separate from us (e.g. humans) in politics.

Politicians are dumb, but they can count to 50% plus one.

Local politics matters a lot.