A Quote by John P. Kotter

Congress is full of people who get reelected and reelected. How can you have urgency when there are all of those safe seats?

John P. Kotter

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John P. Kotter
American - Educator
Born: February 25, 1947

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, are motivated by all kinds of issues. They're sincerely interested in the economy, in terrorism, in social issues. But the one overriding thing they're interested in is getting reelected. And if they think that it's harder for them to get reelected by cooperating with each other, then they won't cooperate.

Barack Obama

You have the same mandate whether it's a close result or - you're the President of the United States, you have to act like the President of the United States. You're the person in charge. You have to set the agenda. That's how you get yourself reelected by a much bigger number, if you want to get reelected. And that's the way you govern the country.

Rudy Giuliani

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.

Emma Gonzalez

It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.

Neal Boortz

It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.

Barney Frank

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away with. When you're out of office, I guess you're freed from those checks and balances.

Mark Leibovich

Obama needs Facebook to help him get reelected. Facebook needs Obama to keep them out of trouble with Congress and countless government agencies.

Daniel Lyons

Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected.

John Templeton

Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.

Gary Johnson

The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.

Jim Brown

I haven't seen any intelligence that Russia is doing anything to attempt to get President Trump reelected.

Robert C. O'Brien

It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.

Jimmy Carter

Love it or hate it, Obamacare is the law of the land. It was passed by Congress, signed into law by President Obama, declared constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and ratified by a majority of Americans, who reelected the president for a second term.

Hank Johnson

There's so many politicians who have given politics a pretty poor name... their actions have been demonstrated to be part of their over-enthusiasm to get reelected.