Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

A voting record is your work product. It tells people where you stand on issues, and for better or worse it implies you're there doing what you're elected to do. It's the only litmus test available.

In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.

As lawmakers, our job is to listen to our constituents. If our phones are ringing off the hook with people demanding to know where we stand on an issue, we pay attention.

Most of what we report from Congress they don't care about unless it affects them directly.

Well, I don't think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It's the American people who are hurting.

… once you acknowledge the fact that Congress is after all made up of citizens elected to represent all of us, you must have some faith in their framing common sense laws.

We need to be constantly reminded that this is a representative democracy, and we need to be in tune to what people are talking about.

If everybody just stops caring about politics, we're going to lose the reins on our government.

I believe in the people of our state and making sure the voices of the people of our state are heard in Washington. And that frankly stands in contrast to some of what we've seen out of Sen. Tillis.

My European constituents are among the most politically engaged people I represent.

I brought attention to the fact that people need to be more involved in politics and not just let the establishment continue to control politics.

I think there is a lot of activism and energy from people all over America, and some of them are being represented by members that appear to be ignoring their constituents.

I don't feel that I'm particularly political. I'm interested in politics; I'll express my view if I feel strongly about something, but humanitarian issues, I think, are slightly different.

Every one of us deserves a voice that our president will hear.

If we don't have a responsive democracy, all the debates about charter schools, and fracking, and high-stakes testing, and the militarization of police forces - all of which are issues I care about – they aren't real debates.

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern on the airport noise. I walk down to the Star Market in Porter Square, and people tell me about meat prices.

There are a lot of problems with democracy. We need to think about how to find the people most qualified for the job.

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington.

My goal is to be able to speak to everyone in the country and to be able to make everyone in the country think differently about our political system.

It's horrible when actors say that they are apolitical.

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role in government. And the role of city government is not one that serves the people, unless the people make them do what the people want.

I've spoken about politics a lot over the years and my main issue that I championed was just general engagement in politics.

The House Freedom Caucus has the same agenda today as it did yesterday, and that is to try to address the needs of each of our constituents, address the concerns the voters have been saying they have for a long time.