Peter Hain Quotes

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

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.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

The success of an elected official is doing what everyone knows needs to be done.

The Administration of Government, is nothing else but the Attendance of the Trustees of the People upon the Interest and Affairs of the People

The American people didn't send us to Congress to post our sympathies on social media. You can do that without going through the trouble of getting elected to Congress. This job is about setting rules that better protect us and our children.

As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to be done. Remembering our shared experiences with the people we represent makes us better and more accountable civil servants.

Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

We need a Congress that cares more about doing the people's business than their own.

Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that means working with other elected officials from different parties.

I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

I think we can do better with our politicians. I think I'd make a good one, because I like people.

The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people.

I really don't think of power. I think more of service to the people of my state.

I have a track record of going out and talking to my constituents and then standing up and representing them. That's what people want.

I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who makes promises here in Indiana and then keeps them in Washington.

It's our duty in Congress to bring the voices of our communities to Washington.

I think anyone who serves in public office should have a little bit of contempt for government in their heart.

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'll be the mayor of all the people.

Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a good place to work, that it is positive, that you are transforming people's lives.

I'm the one who's put myself into politics, so I'm the one that really should be wearing that front-facing role.