Eric Andre Quotes

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything' That's not what they elect you for.

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?

It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.

I also think it's important for us to hold our elected officials accountable and part of how you do that is simple, call them and let them know when you agree or disagree with what their decisions are and suggest how they should come out on certain legislation that important to you.

As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.

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.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical.

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

And it's important to remember we are all responsible - or certainly the elected members in Washington of both parties are responsible for making decisions and choices to ensure that the economy grows and jobs are created.

We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its failures and, most important, we are responsible for amending those failures no matter who are their most immediate architects.

You cannot punish the people for the mistakes the politicians make.

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

I'm just an American citizen like everyone else and I'm not sitting at the power table in the room where it all happens.

Members of Congress are people too.

There is no prospect of any of us being able to kick out any of the presidents of Europe; they operate in a sphere and a realm well away from and out of reach of and out of touch with the people.

People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.

Our constituents rightly hold us accountable for results.

We can and must support our MPs in doing the job they will be elected to do: to hold the government to account in order to do what's best for Britain.

No one questions the right of individuals to go to the Central Lobby to explain their views to their own Member of Parliament. It is important for those in power to hear arguments in favour of policies from all sides and ought to lead to better decision-making.

We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It's supposed to be the other way around.

Although the president has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly.

All our elected representatives - and our government - have a responsibility to keep their people safe and well.

Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.