Scott DesJarlais Quotes

Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.

I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa.

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.

I'm a fellow that likes small parties, and the Republican Party is about the size I like.

Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.

I love representing Minnesota in the Senate.

I don't really worry what outside groups who score votes think. My job is to represent the people.

My view is that politics should be on the basis of issues.

Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without wavering.

It takes time for 700,000 people to get to know their congressman.

The media doesn't understand conservatives at all.

I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.

When I go across the state, people are really asking the question, 'Who is up there fighting for us? Who is fighting for us at the state capital for the little guy out here, for the working Georgian, for the Georgian family?'

We need the speaker to be an institutionalist for the Congress, not to be a defender of the deep state.

When an actor ventures into politics, I want to know, what is his manifesto, how would he understand problems being faced by people like me. If I am convinced, my vote will go in favour of him and his party.

I've reached out to independents and minorities that have traditionally voted Democrat but that are conservative on a lot of questions. We talk to young people, folks that typically aren't voting on a consistent basis. I'm proud of that.

I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

Hoosiers sent me to Washington to offer solutions.

The CPI need not worry about the BJP, which is working for people's betterment, or its coalition. Let the CPI realise that it is part of a very weak coalition.

Am I a Democrat? Yes, I'm a Democrat. But at the end of the day, when I take the oath as a senator it won't be to do the bidding of the Democratic Party or a president in the White House. I will be there to fight for the people of South Carolina.

The Republican Party is a composition of the members of the party and not just the leadership.

I think that Gov. Huckabee is one of us. I know that a lot of the other candidates try to talk like evangelicals, but he's actually one of us. He believes like we do on all the issues, which energizes me as a voter.

That's something I believe in as the Republican chair - that we have to continue outreach to every American because I firmly believe our policies and our principles and the way we govern is better for every American.

It was weird that I was a young person who was Republican. And I wanted to get at the heart of why it was that so many people of my generation thought that being Republican just wasn't for them. They thought that conservative ideas just weren't for them.