Ayman Odeh Quotes

Office holders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

All persons who take part in government are accountable for their actions.

It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.

Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous.

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

I mean, that's a sad day in America when you're recalled because you did what you said you were going to do, and the public voted you in to do that.

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.

Every government is the exact symbol of its people ... Like People like Government.

A man ain't got not right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views.

I know of no better or safer human tribunal than the people.

There is a character of mind which does not look up to any one; which thinks no other person's opinion much better than its own, or nearly so good as that of a hundred or a thousand persons like itself. Where this is the turn of mind of the electors, they will elect no one who is not or at least who does not profess to be, the image of their own sentiments, and will continue him no longer than while he reflects those sentiments in his conduct.

We did not send them [Senators] here to vote their conscience; we sent them here to vote the will of their constituents.

I am, as you know, only the servant of the people.

The essential democracy of our Nation and the safety of our people depend not upon the absence of power, but upon lodging it with those whom the people can change or continue at stated intervals through an honest and free system of elections

The success of our popular government rests wholly upon the correct interpretation of the deliberate, intelligent, dependable popular will of America.

If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy is leading the people as well.

What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away

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

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.

Political positions do not belong to the officeholder; they belong to the people that place us in office.

I will serve as long as the people want me to serve.