Quotes About Community

Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States.

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

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

Pot lucks are fun, especially when you encourage your guests to bring dishes that represent their families or cultures.

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.

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

In the district I represent, I have to talk to everybody.

We have a community where almost 50 percent of the people in the city of Cleveland alone have some type of record. I represent one of the poorest districts in America - out of 435, I'm 422.

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'm proud to be able to represent Bellevue and the Offutt and StratCom communities.

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.

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.

We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

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.

I think to be Miss U.S.A., first of all, you need to represent everybody, all of us here.

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.

If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

There's a reality that the market is changing, and the stories of the Latino community need to be out because there's a huge audience in need of films that would represent them.

The Olympics is a cool opportunity to represent our country, which is amazing. But I have another community I am competing for, and that is the LGBT community.

I think the people that we hire in government should be just as diverse as the communities we represent.

When I speak, I don't speak for myself; I don't have the luxury of a Caucasian to be able to speak for myself. I speak for a whole community, and I represent so many different communities that that felt like a lot of pressure.