Grace Meng Quotes

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help if people don't like me up there in Washington. I've got a district that I respect, and I think it respects me.

What makes a politician accountable is not that there are millions of people who vote, but that there are procedures of government that force him to account for himself.

I stand behind all my tweets. If I tweeted it and I said it, I am not apologizing for it.

I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.

You wouldn't run for the United States Senate or for governor or for anything else without answering people's questions about what you believe. And I think the Supreme Court is no different.

As a public official, when I take a position, I stand up to explain and defend it. I file annual financial disclosures, campaign finance reports, and have to face the scrutiny of public opinion.

No one could have ever prepared me for the whole world judging me and comparing to other artists. But what's most important is that you have to be a good person and care about others and carry yourself well.

I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.

I've been very aware with the fact that being in the public eye, being on TV, being cast on 'Total Divas,' I'm setting myself out there for criticism, but I have to know in my heart, what I know is right.

I'd never say something that I didn't feel I could defend.

That's a big thing for me, being a guy that upholds himself to a high standard.

Because I enjoy training, obviously what comes with that is if you haven't been training, or you're not feeling like you're in great shape, then the last thing you want to do, like anyone, is to be seen by millions half naked.

For the rest of my life, I realise people are going to ask questions of me, but at the end of the day, I am a clean athlete, and I have worked hard.

If people call into question my work ethic, that's fine, because I know what I'm doing behind the scenes.

The public has no interest in whether the President acts boldly or timidly in his personal affairs.

I don't have to prove anything to anybody. Anyone who knows me in the football industry knows what I'm about.

As long as I'm speaking the truth, I'm going to be OK with what I'm saying. That's kind of how I've lived my whole life.

I've always felt that, when I play, I have never let anybody down.

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

I have paid for things that I had done because I have been in the spotlight.

You always gotta do the right thing: you never know who's watching.

I've always been a guy that's just prided myself on making plays.

We as a government are entitled to be criticised.

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.