Quotes about Elected officials

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.