Top 141 Constituents Quotes

One state can’t set everything right, but here in Arizona, we can set an example for the rest of the country in how those of us in elected office conduct ourselves and interact with each other and our constituents.

LaCroix is deftly devoted to its zealots, and this is a classic case study of how lavishly loving your constituents is the best way to get them to buy more.

I want to do work to ease the problems of my constituents.

The blood pigment haemoglobin is a compound which can be split by diverse methods into its constituents, pigment and protein.

When we embraced social media, we took more control of the Newark narrative. We increased responsiveness toward residents. We drew more of our constituents in to participate in government and improve our cities.

It’s nice not to have to worry about constituents.

American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.

We’re long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It’s unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don’t reflect that in their boardrooms.

It is in the best interests of my constituents and the country to repeal and replace the ACA, and defunding/delaying implementation is consistent with that approach.

Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.

As a party, Democrats must focus on the pocketbook issues that our constituents care about every day when they wake up to go to work, drop off their kids at school, and tuck them into bed at night.

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process.

Our constituents rightly hold us accountable for results.

I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.

Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents – not big business, not the ACLU, not activist groups, not political interests, but the American interests, the workers’ interests.

Every challenger has come forward and said he’s going to challenge me and win because I’m out of touch with the constituents. We run a race, the election comes, and the majority of voters disagree with them.

I have my own demons, but I assure you that they are not about a corrupt mind abusing the trust and confidence that my constituents have placed in me.

Sen. Clinton carried our district, and it is difficult to vote against your constituents.

I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.

Being an MP is not a desperately hard life, like going down the pit or working in the steelworks – with which I am all too familiar, having been brought up in the city of Sheffield; and it certainly isn’t badly paid compared with any of my constituents.

For some, a sense of responsibility towards their constituents prevented them from entertaining no deal, or in some cases any form of Brexit, even as their electorate asked for it.

Well, I don’t think so, because the president and members of Congress and governors have the same constituents. It’s the American people who are hurting.

That’s how you win these battles over long periods of time. You continue to fight. You continue to bring it up. You continue to message it to your constituents and to America in general.

I got the COVID-19 vaccine and I continue to encourage my constituents to ask their doctor if the vaccine is right for them.

The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from person to person.

I would rather my constituents were warm and prosperous than cold and impoverished as we are overtaken by emerging markets who understandably put people before polar bears.

I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.

For me, there’s nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

Look, there is always something of a fine balancing act to what we do, but ultimately I believe what matters most of the time to me is what matters to my constituents. That doesn’t mean I haven’t gotten into trouble at times for taking a stand I believed was right, but may not have been the popular choice.

An old theory holds that air conditioning ruined Congress. Members no longer had to flee the Washington heat to spend the summer back home. The long vacation forced them to bond with their constituents.

We need to ask elected officials supporting Keystone XL whether they’re willing to put their constituents and our environment at risk so that foreign oil tycoons get a better return on their tar sands investments. Keystone XL backers will keep trying to sell us a sucker’s deal; it’s up to us to say no.

The Republican Party I represented proudly for 18 years did not shy away from taking on special-interest money when it conflicted with constituents’ needs.

As constituents, we’ve become lazy in terms of what we want and how to get it. If we, as a constituency, don’t like what Congress is doing, but 90 percent of incumbents get reelected every year, that’s a problem.

I am very proud of who I am and what I’ve been able to do and accomplish for my constituents.

The public is very forgiving. So we’re not trying to obtain some level of perfection that can’t be obtained. But if you’re straightforward and honest and your constituents trust you, they’ll help you get through the times when you fall short.

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

Like my constituents, I have had to immerse myself in the detail about HS2 precisely because of the massive and permanent impact it would have on the area I represent.

The power and energy sectors are the biggest constituents of the infrastructure sector. If you ignore them, no development will happen.

I don’t have any rift with President Obama at all. I think that he is operating in an entirely different arena than I’m dealing in. I represent my constituents in the Fourth Congressional District. I’m looking out admittedly for much more narrow interests. I represent the fourth-poorest district.

I vote my conscience first and my constituents next, regardless of the direction of our leadership.

The New Deal exists principally on an emotional plane for Obama. To him, the New Deal is something you play like a song, to make you or your constituents feel better.

I regularly help constituents who have had problems with the benefits system.

I don’t care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don’t know how to read, but they can’t help seeing them damned pictures.

Luckily for me, my views align with those of my constituents and party; the Liberal Democrats are unabashedly pro-European and are unapologetically up-front about our pursuit of a democratic way to stay in the EU.

I began to get calls from constituents, ‘Do you think you can ever get on transportation?’ So when there was a vacancy created, I worked very hard to get there.

We are all better off when we raise skills in our state, and I know that Republicans and Democrats are going to hear from their communities, hear from their constituents, hear from the businesses in their areas about really making sure that we’ve got the workforce to make us competitive and raise wages in Michigan.

We’re going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I’m convinced we can do it and we don’t have a choice.

The House Freedom Caucus has the same agenda today as it did yesterday, and that is to try to address the needs of each of our constituents, address the concerns the voters have been saying they have for a long time.

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that’s why I’m in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families.

Our constituents deserve better than narrow-minded political games.