Dana Loesch Quotes

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

Being a politician is a calling second only to being a minister.

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.

In the political realm, when I say I'm going to give everything, that means I'll represent the people to the best of my ability.

I decided to run for Congress because when I was approached as a community leader, I felt that one of the things that spoke to me most was the constituent services.

I wanted to be an MP who was normal. I believe in politics, I'm a proud parliamentarian, and I want people to want parliamentarians again.

I hate raising money. It diverts you from what your real task is: to be a representative. You're diverted into preservation when you really want to spend your time and energy making a better state and a better country - which is the reason you ran in the first place.

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

I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

My dad was a congressman, and he taught me at a very early age, 'They voted for me, they view me as theirs, and I am.' Our family's phone in Memphis was always listed. It rang all day and all night.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

Texas really is the greatest state in the greatest nation. Texans - and women all over the country - deserve leaders that care, that listen, and that work to protect their interests.

I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

I think we need people in Washington who really have more of a sense of a George Washington approach to it, which is to serve and go home. I think far too many of both parties see it as a career. And I don't think that's good for our country.

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.

We've got to get back to old-fashioned politics that's in touch with the people we seek to represent and to avoid self-inflicted wounds.

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't.