Scott Howell Quotes

I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch.

There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.

New politicians try to displace old ones by changing the electoral laws, while entrenched politicians defend outworn electoral systems when they feel that the new laws might weaken their positions and perhaps even abolish their sinecures.

The senator who is driving you crazy today may be with you tomorrow.

Britain is no longer in the politics of the pendulum, but of the ratchet.

In the democracy we live in today, it takes crisis to get the politics moving.

Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo.

Alaskans deserve a fighter in the United States Senate who will always stand up for Alaska, who understands our great potential, who has the experience, respect and seniority to accomplish that. I am that senator.

My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

The E.U. elections provide an opportunity for the people of the United Kingdom to knock some sense into the heads of their political leaders.

Sometimes it's more important to change politicians than light bulbs.

As Americans, we have to be honest and ask ourselves a question: Do we really want to tone down politics? I always hear a resounding 'yes,' and I think most people mean that genuinely. But do our practices ever change?

I think that Corbyn's success, just as the success of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, is a reflection of this frustration that people have that whatever they do, in terms of voting for different parties, nothing much seems to change.

Americans of all political background overwhelmingly support term limits, yet term limits have floundered in Congress.

Hoosiers sent me to Washington to help President Trump drain the swamp, and it starts with cutting out generous taxpayer-funded perks that keep career politicians in D.C.

It's not at all a secret that I was one of the co-founders of Brand New Congress, and we've never tried to hide our goals.

People are sick of the political system and the players in the system - BJP, Congress, Akalis. They want a good alternative and those who can deliver.

I think the two-party system isn't working for us. And it hasn't worked for us for generations - let's be very, very honest about that.

Fortunately, we Argentines have decided to change. We believe politics needs to be led by public servants with a vocation to give and construct.

In its early days, Trump's presidency ought to be viewed as the arduous start to the complicated task of draining the Washington swamp.

I want to go to Washington and clean up Kay Hagan's mess.