Theresa May Quotes

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

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.

I would say that a wasted vote is voting for anybody you don't believe in. If you believe in the third party, that's the guy you need to voice for. That's how you change things.

Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

If you're a politician and all you care about is staying in office, you're worried about a small group of voters in your district who vote in the primary. If you're a corporation, you need to be much more in synch with public opinion, because you're appealing to people across the spectrum. Ironically, a lot of corporations have to be far more democratic than democratically elected officials.

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

Voters are people with the God-given right to decide who will waste their money for them.

Your vote will give the government a legitimacy it does not deserve.

Ought not every man who pays a tax, to vote for the representative who is to levy and dispose of his money.

The Members of the Parliament shall be bound solely by their own conscience and not by any directions given by their electors.

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.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promises of those.

In our form of democracy the expression of the popular will can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties.

Politicians must let voters know what they think about issues before the election. Judges should not.

You must secure friends of every class, magistrates, consuls and their tribunes to win you the vote of the centuries: men of wide popular influence

I'm an elected politician. If you don't agree with me, vote for somebody else.

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.

I don't really worry what outside groups who score votes think. My job is to represent the people.

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

I've got genuine political reasons for not voting for David Cameron. He's got a tiny little mouth.