As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading.
What's going on for half the country? Who's lost out? The victims of elitist agenda; standing up for them, being a voice for them. That's the idea behind positive populism, that's what drives the content.
Silence is not an effective political strategy, and what we do if we silence the public interest, which is so hard to hear anyway, is that we silence ourselves and then we do not have a democracy.
I know that liberalism isn't dead in this country.... It simply has, temporarily we hope, lost its voice.
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
The party out of office becomes the articulate one.
When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.
I'm very political and I'm not ashamed of it, and I think having the platform I have, I want to take advantage of that.
He was born to be a senator. He never said anything important, and he always said it sonorously.
I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.
It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.
Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.
For much of my career I had no authentic political voice. I had been campaigning all over the country not to change the world or shake up my audiences but to please the roomful of people to whom I was speaking... As a result, my words rarely had the ring of truth to the nonpolitical observer.
If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's rigged,' you say, 'Vote.' Someone says, 'I was making a statement by not voting,' and then you say, 'Well I can't hear it.'
A single seemingly powerless person who dares to cry out the word of truth and to stand behind it with all his person and all his life, has, surprisingly, greater power, though formally disenfranchised, than do thousands of anonymous voters.
Senator Franken was a strong voice for Minnesota and I'm also a strong voice for Minnesota.
Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
I think nuance is very important to have in the conversation, nuance that's been lacking for a long time. A lot of voting organizations only exist every four years, putting all this money into "your voice is important!" Wouldn't that be nice, if that's all it took? Voting is the first political action for most people. But if you don't follow up then voting is not actual participation but just a one-off.
I think that Rachel Maddow is probably the most assertive, politically motivated and accurate voice of my generation.
I represent the 9th Congressional District of Georgia. I'm their voice.
Donald Trump is basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless.
I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then you have voice. And that voice is your vote.
I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way - not by donations; I work at it.
Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I'm saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.
