Robert S. Bergland Quotes

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

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.

Members of Congress are people too.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.

My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'

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.

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 shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned.

Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country.

Taking care of people is the duty of every politician.

I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.

I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.

Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what your government is doing to you.

The reality of going before the voters and seeking election should force Congressmen to behave.

Members of Congress often have to have testimony to hang their hat on if they wish to do something for you or do something for the country.

Many Senators are scared to death that the people back home are going to find out what they’ve been doing in Washington.

We need citizens willing to make Congress accountable for the travesty which passes for government today.

If they think its such a sacrifice to go into public service, then they should stay the heck out.

Your public servants serve you right.

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.

We elect these people not to represent their parties but to represent us.

Whenever I had to make a difficult decision as a Congressman, I thoud think about the average citisen in my Congressional districr and how he would advise me if he knew everythign I knew about the issue.

It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.

What is interesting in Washington, D.C., is I've never missed a vote. The veterans' committee keeps track of hearings, and I've never missed a hearing or a vote on the VA committee.