Marcia L. Fudge Quotes

It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

It's my job, with the position of power that I'm in and being able to be on television, I'm supposed to stand up for the people who can't stand up for themselves.

I really don't think of power. I think more of service to the people of my state.

It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.

I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.

I represent my community, and I represent my people. And I've got to be honest if something seems questionable.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

I strive to be the best possible president that I can be to work for all of you and to represent out country and all Singaporeans.

Public business … must always be done by somebody…. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

… a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too.

You have to tell the people that you want to serve what it is you believe and what you are going to do on their behalf.

I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.