Quotes About Community

I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Sikhs. I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Christians. All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen.

Voters must feel that that the burden of new housing is being shared equally and not falling disproportionately on any one group.

As an organizer in the most underrepresented communities in my state, I have felt the frustration that so many voters must feel when other states limit polling locations, require photo IDs, and put unnecessary barriers in front of voters.

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box.

Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him.

If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect.

We utilize social media, we try to connect with voters in a way that's not only about politics. Letting people into your lives.

No voters will be left behind.

My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.

It's about going to where your voters are.

In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.

You can get elected to Congress without ever talking to black voters at all, and I think that's bad for the party.

After speaking with community leaders, faith leaders, and voters across the District during my campaign, I came to understand that visiting Israel was necessary to obtain a full and proper perspective on our relationship with our strongest ally in the Middle East.

It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.

I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.

I try to appeal to all Kentucky voters, regardless of gender, about the future of state.

Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.

If you are opposed to immigration or support strictly punitive immigration measures, you cannot even start a conversation about other issues with most Latino voters.

The most powerful thing in politics is voter-to-voter contact. People take in ideas and formulate opinions by contact with other people they perceive to be trustworthy - other voters, people from their communities.

When Democrats concede the idea that some voters are not our voters, we shouldn't be surprised when those voters agree.

As a Democrat in a red state, I often spend days among crowds where there are almost no Democratic voters in sight. I listen to them, work with them and try to persuade them.