Quotes About Government

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.

It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years and am excited to now be joining the respected, growing Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Drinker Biddle & Reath.

The anti-big-government movement is pure. Its participants represent something close to what used to be considered normative in this country.

I am proud to represent the first explicitly feminist government in the world, and one that has been at the forefront of advocating for greater attention to women, peace, and security.

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

An accurate census is critical to our democracy and to our economy. It underpins fair representation in government and allows us to ensure that our communities receive equitable funding for schools, roads, health care, and much more.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for the Assembly and Executive to be up and running and the people's business to be addressed.

Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.

A government should not become too big to fulfill one of its most basic functions: representation.

Do we hate our women? I don't think so. In fact, Pakistan has more women representation in government than the U.S., and we have twice elected a female head of state.

I'm about real representation in government.

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

We can build a better, more representative democracy through technology and ensure what Abraham Lincoln called the last, best hope for Earth will endure past the 21st Century.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.

If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region.

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.

Representative democracy is in crisis in the United States.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.