Randy Hultgren Quotes

My constituency is my top priority.

In politics, the leaders are supposed to work and work.

In the district I represent, I have to talk to everybody.

When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.

I look forward to continuing to represent the people I'm currently serving, as well as the new communities that will be a part of this district in the future.

My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.

Every member of Congress is shaped by his or her first election.

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

I am an elected official. I am a parent.

Any of us who wants to go to Parliament must have that responsibility to represent the people who voted us in.

My job is to be an MP. It's not just about Europe.

Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.

When you're a political leader, when you represent the entire state or the entire country, not just Republicans or not just Democrats or not just the poor or not just the rich, you have to really represent everybody. No matter who contributes money, when you win, you represent everyone.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

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.

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.