Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

We wish the new, democratically elected government success. The United States is going to support the new government.

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.

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.

Viktor Yushchenko

that I have lived to the time when the Ukrainian president is elected not in Moscow, not in Washington, but in Ukraine.

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.

Robert Long

It really is an honor to be elected moderator of this body. I do thank you for your confidence.

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.

Rich Robinson

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

Kevin Bleyer

No one likes the Electoral College, expect perhaps those who were elected because of it. No one likes gerrymandering, except those doing the gerrymandering. No one likes the filibuster, except those doing the filibustering.

Chellie Pingree

I don't need to remind you about the scandals. You have unique power to restore our faith in elected leaders.

Ted Cruz

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

Ted Cruz

If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.

Kenneth Starr

I could have done more to say this is privacy-sensitive material that we felt was important for the elected representatives to have.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Marsha Blackburn

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

It is reprehensible that some elected officials are looking to score political points in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

Red Faber

It's a great honor to me to be named to the Hall of Fame. It's very hard for me to even imagine that I would ever be elected to it.

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.

It is time for our elected officials to invest in Texas' natural heritage and to provide the planning and resources we need to preserve Texas for future generations.

Lewis Black

Elected officials shouldn't get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.

There's a natural pursuit of elected officials which I think is healthy and normal.

At a minimum, we will would like to see some new opportunities for regional transit to be presented to our elected officials.