Kendrick Meek Quotes

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

You need to have good people: honourable, capable, committed in politics, standing in public office. It's not a guarantee, but it's the ideal we have to aim for.

I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. What the American people are looking for is loyalty to the American people.

Politics is all about trust. Trust is like the soul: once gone, it never returns.

We just need leaders in Congress who are honest with the American people.

When I was elected to Congress, I made a commitment to my constituents that my office would set the standard to be open and transparent.

If elected president, it will be my solemn duty to always hold myself accountable to the American people. They deserve nothing less.

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities.

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

I am not in politics to make more money.

I will do what the Prime Minister asks me to do; that is my consistent approach to politics and to service.

I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay.

A life in politics is for people who know themselves and know where their own line is between loyalty and honesty.

It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.

We heartily disapprove and repudiate any and all of the seditious utterances of said Robert M. La Follette as being absolutely unrepresentative of the people of Wisconsin and respectfully petition the United States Senate to expel him and thus give the people of Wisconsin the right to hold up their heads without shame.

I will never break the word of a prince spoken in a public place, for my honor's sake.