Quotes about Representation

Men act like men at home when they realize they will be held responsible for how well they represented God to their family.

Who are to be the electors of the federal representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor; not the learned, more than the ignorant; not the haughty heirs of distinguished names, more than the humble sons of obscurity and unpropitious fortune. The electors are to be the great body of the people of the United States. They are to be the same who exercise the right in every State of electing the corresponding branch of the legislature of the State.

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

At the end of today's service, you'll have a chance to vote on whether I should remain as your pastor. Many of you are upset with me because I've chosen to defend a man of another faith who I believe is innocent. Many of you have already decided that he is guilty. But even if you want to assume that this man is guilty, does that mean I shouldn't represent him? Did Christ make you prove your innocence before he died for your sins?

A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.

Men judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground.

Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty.

Kings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them.