Darlene Senger Quotes

I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.

The most important question ask any candidate is, "what issue do you believe in that will most greatly offend the leadership of your party or your campaign contributors?

Yes, I'll stand up to the party if they're wrong and they aren't going the right way for people in Pennsylvania. But I do believe in Democratic principles.

I'm not serving in the same party as Boris Johnson. He's proved that he's incapable of holding high office, never mind being prime minister. He's not true to what he believes in.

As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.

I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.

Rest assured that my support for any eventual reform package will be based firmly upon what is in the best interests of the people of Upstate New York, not any party or president.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

I don't care if you keep this a secret or not. I've always supported you, and I think it's time this old Republican quit hiding behind the bush [i.e. George W. Bush].

You have a person there in Senator McCain that has an integrity in him and will stand up for the political process.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

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.

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

We've got to force the Democrats to get a spine. If they don't want to have a spine, we should throw them out. If they don't want to stand up for the rule of law, then I'm not a Democrat.

I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

I will not change my beliefs to win votes. I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Nobody who ever runs for President should be the leader of a party.

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

I would dare to dispute the integrity of the President on any occasion my country's welfare demanded it.... The President is neither an absolute monarch nor a descendant of a sun goddess.

What’s the use of getting elected or getting re-elected if you don’t stand for anything …. I fully realize that this is the termination of my political career.

Party service does not require intelligent, independent action, and politics today stands for party fealty more than for governmental ethics

I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country

I think that's the beauty of elections: You can't hide from who you are. The more honestly and directly you communicate to people why you're doing this, the way in which you want to serve them, I just think that the better, more informed decision that they can make.