Mike Pence Quotes

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

We need new energy back in Washington.

How much reform do you think this institution [Congress] can take?

There definitely comes a time where a fresh pair of eyes and fresh leadership would be good, and the Conservative Party has got some great people coming up - the Theresa Mays, and the George Osbornes, and the Boris Johnsons.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

I'm focused on bringing real change to Washington because the career politicians have screwed things up so badly.

I believe we need new leadership to put the partisan gridlock behind us, and I promised my constituents I would vote for new leadership.

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

As the Independent Group, we are determined to try to forge a different style of doing politics.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.

It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change.

It's the No.1 issue with people I talk to, whether Republican, Democrat or independent. They want to see the way business is done in Washington change.

I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.

Events in America show the extent to which democracy there is fuelled by populism - Barack Obama's victory is a manifestation not of Washington's need for change, but of America's. That is not how democracy works in England.

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.

Voters are looking for something new.

We Republicans came to Washington to change it, and Washington changed us.

The two old parties … fight only for office. Observe how utterly both parties in this respect lack program and new leadership.

I’m going to take Tennessee ideas to Washington and make them work for the country.