Rush D. Holt Jr. Quotes

We have a Congress to serve the people who provide the money.

I'm proud of Congress as a body. At the end of the day, we're the people's house, and we should be very mindful that we represent the people.

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.

Every nation has the government it deserves. Toute nation a le government qu'elle merite.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

We don’t trust government, but we need government….Government didn’t land here from Mars. We elected them.

I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.

Government is not a game show, though at times it is amusing and entertaining to watch.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.

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.

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst.

My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Every country has the government it deserves.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans.