Jason Chaffetz Quotes

Those Ron Paul supporters … will Tweet the heck out of something if they are not happy.

When you don't have a voice like Michele Bachmann's, who personifies all of the good things that the Tea Party has come to mean to America, then it's more difficult to have any sort of unified or representative message with the same profile in the media.

Having the ability to inspire a crowd and connect with voters doesn't mean a person has the skills to appease those same voters once in office.

Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation.

Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

As long as Florida remains a swing state, Cuban exiles in Florida will remain a very powerful voting bloc.

Politics is there the way men and women are there, the way the Atlantic Ocean is there. Sometimes I've written about politics specifically, I mean about politics as it's understood on television and in newspapers.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

I didn't grow up in politics.

I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.

PACs represent thousands of little people.

Influence elected government officials, don't just elect them. Your right is to govern yourselves, not just to choose your governors.

Democrats in 2020 can't just drive by red counties. You have to stop, get out of your car, ask for people's votes, and engage with them on issues that relate to their lives.

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

I have no political weight, and I haven't earned the right to launch some kind of political programme or stand as a candidate.

People don't want to believe they have to speak like Obama or Clinton to participate meaningfully in politics, because most of us don't speak like Obama or Clinton.

I assure, the door to politics is never closed. Whatever medium is necessary to reach the masses, I will take that - be it cinema or politics.

Put a lawn sign on your lawn; go door to door for your candidate. Register people to vote. There's so much we can do through our voices and time. That's what flips elections.

The most powerful thing in politics is voter-to-voter contact. People take in ideas and formulate opinions by contact with other people they perceive to be trustworthy - other voters, people from their communities.

I campaigned for Obama, and that was such a big component of getting the vote out, was social media.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

I vote, but I don't feel that I'm achieving much when I do.

I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.