(133 quotes found)
“Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.”
Senator John Kerry
“The people must insist on the truth from our elected officials and our news media,”
Ross Anderson
“we get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.”
George Carlin
“If the elected officials in this city don't have the guts to stand up for the individuals they represent, we have no choice but to take up the fight on behalf of these individuals.”
Mason Tvert
“When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.”
Gwen Moore
“I want to talk about accountability. Your organization has demanded accountability of elected officials. I'm in total agreement. We the taxpayers should expect no less. And that should start with putting in a good day's work for a good day's pay. This job pays $50,704 a year. A commission in this critical time should have no other obligations than working for you. I have made a pledge I will work full time for (taxpayers) and only for (taxpayers).”
Bill McGinnis
“Children?s health is a statewide issue. Our elected officials need to put the interests of children at the top of their priority lists.”
Beth Griffin
“It's not as though (elected officials) even have that discretion once they grant them.”
April Boling
“Make sure you have the willpower of your elected officials and the people.”
David Scurto
“These elected officials stood up for the public's right to know what money is being spent on their state legislators. Their votes helped transform North Carolina from a state with unfettered spending by wealthy special interest groups to one that enforces accountability and transparency.”
Bob Phillips
