Sara Gideon Quotes

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

I want Albertans to know they will have a champion in Erin O'Toole.

You put these politicians in office, but then you've got to tell them what you want them to do. And it's intimidating to most people. I was intimidated by it. I mean, calling my senator or writing my senator? I'm like, what do I say? What do I do? But we're showing people that the political process is actually less intimidating than we think.

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

I send messages to the White House continuously.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

You don't change minds in Washington with sweet reason. You do it to the white light of public opinion.

We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know.

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.

All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place.

The best way you make policy in Washington is by doing it yourself.

The voice of the people must be heeded.

All power lays in the people!

I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people - just average people. Fancy lobbyists get to tell their story, but the average person doesn't.

It's all about representing the forgotten men and women, to make sure that they have a voice and members of the Freedom Caucus take that very seriously.

Having a small business and being one of thousands of people whom no one in government will listen to, I have decided to run for supervisor as a person.

When marginalized groups finally gained access to the ballot, it took time for them to organize around opposition to the specific forms of discrimination and mistreatment that continued to plague them - and longer still for political parties and candidates to respond to such activism.

My job is to make the case that I'll do the best job possible representing the people of Georgia's Sixth District, and what they want is representation that's focused on them and not this national partisan political circus.

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

I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.

What I intend to do is be just a really fierce advocate for Minnesotans here in Washington, D.C.

The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around.