Scott DesJarlais Quotes

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

I am the people's politician. If the day should ever come when the people can't save me, I'll know I'm finished.

Reading a teleprompter is not what makes you presidential. It's your actions that you take, and it's democracy.

I'll listen to the people. I will not put my party ahead of what the people want.

A man is not a dictator when he is given a commission from the people and carries it out.

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course.

I will fight hard to keep my seat in this place, but that will depend on the people who sent me here.

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 hope to continue to be serving South Dakota in Congress.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.

In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism.

I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job.

I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

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

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

We already have term limits. They’re called elections.

One of the greatest things that we provide in our democracy is the approachability of public officials.

You have come here by the sovereign will of the people to cooperate with me in carrying out the mandate recently pronounced at the polls.

I am, as you know, only the servant of the people.