Quotes About Service

To me, the heart of the ministry lies in being able to help deeply distressed people, not because of your own qualities but because you represent Christ.

My dad was a Marine, my aunt is still in the Navy, and my grandfathers both served. So, it's a huge honor for me to represent my country in any way I can.

An act of Congress could abolish the federal death penalty once and for all, and my sister in service, Representative Ayanna Pressley, has introduced a bill that would do just that.

As the wife of a retired Navy commander and the representative of the district covering Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, I see firsthand the permanent effects of war - both physical and psychological - on those who serve our country.

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

When you are choosing an MP you need to choose the person who is pretty much likely to be the best representative for your area.

I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.

People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

It is our job, our responsibility as their representatives to help them. If we choose not to do that, we should not be their representatives.

I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives.

I love serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I have especially enjoyed my time on the Ways and Means Committee.

MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.

As representatives, we are accountable first not to our party, not to our leadership, not to the chief executive, but just to our constituents.

It is our duty as representatives in Congress to do the most for everyone we represent, beginning with those who have the least.

What I'm guilty of is trying the hardest and giving 100 percent of myself and putting my heart and soul into representing the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

Senator Mikulski has done an outstanding job representing Maryland in the U.S. Senate for nearly 30 years.

I love representing Minnesota in the Senate.

There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.

Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.

Obviously representing your country, having U.S.A. on your chest is one of the most important things you can do to give back to your country.

Despite the belief of many career bureaucrats that elected political leadership works for them, our system is built on the idea that the permanent bureaucracy, such as it exists, works for the elected leadership, which in turn works for and represents the American public.

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.