Jason Kander Quotes

Voters do not decide issues. They decide who will decide issues.

We represent our constituents. And so they don't get to dictate policy.

I think that the voters should choose the elected officials, not the elected officials choose the voters.

We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

Is it not natural that a man who is a candidate for the favor of the people, and who is dependant on the suffrages of his fellow-citizens for the continuation of his public honors, should take care to inform himself of their dispositions and inclinations…? This dependant [creates] strong chords of sympathy between the Representative and the constituent.

The people never have and never will be able to understand how the will of a majority of the House of Representatives can be set aside by the judgment of a few men on a powerful committee.

One party should not have the power to impeach the President of the other party.

The main question that is decided by an election in our country is, which political party shall have the privilege of dispensing the offices of Government?

The political event of last week is the opposition of [Roscoe] Conkling to the New York appointments. This is a test case. The Senators generally prefer to confirm Merritt and Graham. But many, perhaps a majority, will not oppose Conkling on the question. Senatorial courtesy, the Senatorial prerogative, and the fear of Conkling's vengeance in the future, control them.

The task of redistricting is best left to state legislatures, elected by the people and as capable as the courts, if not more so, in balancing the myriad factors and traditions in legitimate districting policies. The task of redistricting is best left to state legislatures, elected by the people and as capable as the courts, if not more so, in balancing the myriad factors and traditions in legitimate districting policies.

It is time the American people saw the incredible power of staff members ...and how little power the members who are elected by the people, as opposed to the unelected, have in the decision-making process.

The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.

The Republican establishment is trying to nullify the results of the 2016 election. There can be no doubt about it.

If we do not elect a national legislature that will hold Obama accountable, he and his radical cohorts will destroy the tree of liberty. Just mark my words.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

The House of Representatives should not be locked down by the decided play of a few in leadership.

Paul Ryan is the establishment tool in D.C. that tries to splinter groups and does not work for the will of the people.

I prefer the Greens to remain an opposition party that's able to hold the government to account.

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for the Party.

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.