Jon Ossoff Quotes

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to change the culture in Washington.' I've taken their instructions very seriously.

We need new energy back in Washington.

I do think the public want to see politicians acting in a different way. What's brought young people into our campaign is that they were written off by political parties but they had never written off politics, and what we have is a huge number of young people, very enthusiastic and brimming with ideas. Those ideas have got to be heard.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.

The people have grown tired of the monotony of being served for 20, 30—or 40 years by the same men in Parliament…. Let the Irish people replace us, by all means, by other, and I hope, better men, if they so choose.

I've been reaching out to voters across the political spectrum from the very beginning.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

I have decided to create a new political movement.

When I think about Sen. Collins, I think she might have been different from the other people in Washington when she was first elected but I have to ask is that still the case.

I think the Conservative Party is a fantastic organisation, it's been a wonderful home for me.

No matter where we go in the state, I hear from Mainers that they are ready for someone to stand up for them in Washington.

We've got to think long-term too because I don't think Trump speaks to a lot of young people.

Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'

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

I'm nothing to do with the Conservative Party; I'm not a member of the Conservative Party. I stopped being a member shortly after I stopped being a member of Parliament and I took up a career as a broadcaster.

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.

Voters do not choose candidates because of their ideological fit. They choose them because of their cultural fit.

No, you see, unlike some interviewers, I love politics... overall I am not anti-politicians at all. I recognise they are more important than me.

My own students say they don't trust anyone who voted for Trump. How can you have a democracy with that?

I would encourage anyone who shares our liberal values in or outside parliament to join our party and join our liberal movement. Our door is absolutely open.

I look at my own party, and I see that we've taken this technocratic, academic, elitist liberal class philosophy as far as it can go, and we got our butts kicked - and I don't know what else to do other than get involved myself.

I've got genuine political reasons for not voting for David Cameron. He's got a tiny little mouth.