Gene Green Quotes

I am focused on the work that the people of Arkansas sent me to do.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

A voting record is your work product. It tells people where you stand on issues, and for better or worse it implies you're there doing what you're elected to do. It's the only litmus test available.

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.

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.

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

I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against.

I cannot be expected to behave like a film star when I have decided to serve my people. They have voted for me with expectations, and I cannot take them for granted.

Being an MP for a place you love is an extraordinary gift.

A lot of people have the expectation that politicians shouldn't just disappear into the woodwork even if they didn't win the election.

I love being a parliamentarian. I love it but I don't like politics. And I hate elections.

I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.

It's not a big deal for me to be leader of the Green Party. It is a big deal for me to represent the voters of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

In the political realm, when I say I'm going to give everything, that means I'll represent the people to the best of my ability.

The job of an elected official is to communicate, to talk with constituents, to talk with the people of America, and I think Alexandria is excellent at doing that.

My constituency is my top priority.

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

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.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

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