John Mahoney Quotes

The people have grown tired of the monotony of being served for 20, 30—or 40 years by the same men in Parliament…. Let the Irish people replace us, by all means, by other, and I hope, better men, if they so choose.

People are sick of the political system and the players in the system - BJP, Congress, Akalis. They want a good alternative and those who can deliver.

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

I think a sitting senator who's been there 36 years is not doing a favor to anyone in the state of Utah nor to the country.

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.

New politicians try to displace old ones by changing the electoral laws, while entrenched politicians defend outworn electoral systems when they feel that the new laws might weaken their positions and perhaps even abolish their sinecures.

The great problem is how to discharge presidents who have outlived their usefulness to the country

If they won’t listen, we should limit the Politicians’ terms and send them packing..

I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.

I believe in term limits. I believe the country would be hugely better off if we had more turnover in Congress.

I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.

Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

"I've become a huge fan of term limits," the former aide said, "because Armey and the others in leadership used to be just like you and your crew in their approach to spending. They have changed over the years."

My own advice to people who would be in office for two or three terms is that they must accept democratic rotation: ideally, not put themselves up for re-election and allow the system to work.

We should work towards a legislation to sack non-performing politicians. This may not happen during my lifetime, but I will try for it anyway.

We need term limits desperately in this country.

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

I just think people are fed up with people who are career politicians who don't stand for anything.

Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.

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.

In rural communities, people are upset with the government, upset with what they see as business as usual. They saw Obama as a change agent, and they saw Donald Trump as a change agent.

We have too many in Washington who are all too willing to just go along with the status quo and not make any waves.

The Seanad question was one element of a process of change and reform to politics that government has been pursuing.