MintQuotes

“Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.” — Vaclav Havel

“I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, ''Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?'' ''Well, we have no mechanism to do it,'' I was told.” — Neil Abercrombie

“Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” — Edmund Burke

“If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does.” — Ann Coulter

“Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served.” — Christopher Darden

“I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.” — John Engler