Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Kennedy

When it comes to our public services, decentralisation means giving power back to those on the front line - our doctors, nurses, teachers and physiotherapists, and our locally elected officials.

We've elected a new leader, now let's heal.

Ed Koch

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

Ed Koch

I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.

John McCarthy

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

Ross Anderson

The people must insist on the truth from our elected officials and our news media,

Ted Cruz

If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country.

There is a school of thought here that says we are too quick to undermine our elected leaders.

Lee Kuan Yew

Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

We were an extremely young football team last year and played some freshmen, and we were hoping that would pay off. But we elected to just not talk a whole lot about last year.

A. N. Wilson

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.

Ismail Haniyeh

We were elected on a different political agenda.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Their voices have been heard. They elected me to be governor, and they sent me up here to do the job, ... That's what I'm here to do, and so that's why I'm concentrating on this right now.

It's really an honor to be elected by your peers. Looking back, 10-0 was a special season for all of my seniors -- and all of my players.

Elliott Abrams

In Kuwait there is already a real, elected parliament with genuine power, but the prime minister is always a member of the ruling al-Sabah family. That must end.

Bob Taft

I'm not focused on next year's election, ... Obviously, I'm not a candidate. I'm term-limited. I'm focused on doing the job I was elected to do as governor.

Rick Davis

Nothing has changed. This elected has gelled. There are very few people out there who are genuinely and legitimately undecided.

It's time for the elected officials to do their job,

I want every student present to know how big their position is and how important it can be to the student body, ... We want to encourage the notion of debate. It is so important that these senators take stands on issues - don't just vote yes because everyone else did. They were elected to their positions because they are leaders, not because they will vote yes on everything.

Mohammad Khatami

The U.S. government is, after all, the U.S. government. It has been elected by the American people, and we respect that.

When I was seven, I had to stay home for several weeks because of some ailment, whereupon my father elected to teach me so that I should not fall behind. In fact, he taught me in three months as much as the school taught in two years, so, on returning to school, I was shifted from grade 4 to grade 6.

Rich Robinson

invites a question: Can a partisan elected official fairly and impartially handle these kinds of election-related violations, ethics violations?

Kim Smith

If the people want this and we elected our school board, sooner or later they're going to have to listen to us.

If our elected officials in Texas want to impose harsh penalties for the use of marijuana, that is their decision, but the university does not have to pile on.

I personally feel that I got elected to do a job. I am not one to succumb to political pressure or what's politically correct. I have to go out and do what I think is the right thing.

He's elected a lot of people who are urban and reform-minded and not part of the old machine.

Joe Arpaio

I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians.

John Young

I'm not trying to be insensitive to other parishes, but I was elected to represent the residents of Jefferson Parish, ... And as long as hurricane season is still open, we have to protect this parish.

I love my job, ... And I hope that some day, one of you in this group will be elected to government somewhere.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

A good public official always understands that he is to server the entire population, even though he's elected by only a little more than half of those who voted.

The man obviously has talents. He got himself elected twice as president and twice as governor.