Elective Office Quotes

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and give back. That's why I was a volunteer firefighter, that's why I worked in a homeless shelter. I always knew I'd give back, elective office or not.

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.