Keith Ellison Quotes

Credibility is not a renewable resource in Washington.

Party leaders must have not only the confidence of the party, but the confidence of the people.

I still believe with Adlai Stevenson that you can win elections by talking sense to the American people.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

I never underestimate the voters… I think that they are smart and I trust them.

For government to be chosen regularly in free elections, the losers must trust the winners not to abuse the power they have won.

You cannot build a partnership on four games.

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make some very bad decisions.

When I have been speaking to people in Braintree and at other places in the country they really didn't buy into Labour's economic offer, didn't buy into scare stories about the NHS and clearly didn't trust Jeremy Corbyn.

DMK is the only political party that enjoys the confidence of the people.

I want the people of Wagga to know that my government will work hard across NSW, but especially in that region, to win back the trust that we have clearly lost.

We will need to work hard to break the cynicism, talk straight and rebuild trust in politics.

The level of comfort that people feel with me has taken some getting used to.

Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that.

Sometimes, you connect with people instantly, or you take time.

You need time to build relationships with subjects to win their trust.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

Building trust means thinking about trust in a positive way.

I assume most people trust me, if they vote for me in elections. And it is the most important thing. It places great responsibility on me, immense responsibility. I am grateful to the people for that trust, but I surely feel great responsibility for what I do and for the result of my work.

Presidential trust is something, that's perishable and it's precious. And once a president loses it, it's not a question of whether it's conflict of interests laws or there aren't conflict of interests laws.

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.

I think for many of us - speaking for just a pocket of the country - we trusted Obama. So when you leave your baby with your mom to watch, you don't run home and check the nanny cam. But now we've left the baby with Gary Busey, so we're going to be a lot more on it.

I'm okay with it now that Obama’s in office. I'm kind of trusting of him. But President Ted Cruz? Where this is going would bother me.

Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.