Julian Castro Quotes

If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.

My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'

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

Why they vote for me is irrelevant, but if they do, they're in safe hands.

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

In all humility, I don't know that an endorsement from Mark Meadows is going to make a difference as much as the commitment of that particular candidate to really represent the people.

A lot of people have the expectation that politicians shouldn't just disappear into the woodwork even if they didn't win the election.

I've never listed my education degree as why people should vote for me. I think the average person is thinking more about what I've accomplished in my professional career and what I've accomplished in my career as a legislator.

Parties that have done nothing for the State should be defeated.

When I chose to run for public office, I pledged to stand with the people of Nevada rather than follow a partisan line.

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

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

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

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.

Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is.

Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

No person could be degraded by serving the people as a Representative to Congress. Nor in my opinion would an ex-President of the United States be degraded by serving as a selectman of his town, if elected thereto by the people.

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

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.