Jason Kander Quotes

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.

I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the system that's in place is not what's beneficial in the country.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect people who are going to stand up to the Washington elite and stand up to a White House and Congress hell-bent on ramming socialism down our throat.

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

The general assumption of the democratic process is that you identify candidates who come closest to you in terms of values and positions. The problem is many voters are never given the kind of information they need to make the decision.

To reform Congress, you have to get Congress to play along.

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.

In the democracy we live in today, it takes crisis to get the politics moving.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

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

All I can do is pay attention, listen to what people in Minnesota are saying and do everything I can to bring that voice to Washington.

Sometimes it's more important to change politicians than light bulbs.

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.

Do you want to know what scares the Washington cartel? Actually, not remotely. I don't scare them in the tiniest bit. What scares them is you. What scares them is that old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives.

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there.

It is kind of a problem in America that so many Americans believe if they elect a different president, everything is going to be fine.

It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.'

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.

The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.