A Quote by Reid Hoffman

Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that means working with other elected officials from different parties.

Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman
American - Businessman
Born: August 5, 1967

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Ted Nugent

Until we express ourselves, tell our elected officials what we expect from them, we can't expect them to do it on their own.

Lori Silverbush

The Constitution protects freedom of speech, but we must expect more from our elected officials to heal divisions in our country and unequivocally condemn anti-Semitism.

Mikie Sherrill

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.

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Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles.

Charles Hamilton Houston

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Lewis Black

What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.

Jay-Z

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Christopher Dodd

I think that the voters should choose the elected officials, not the elected officials choose the voters.

Alan Grayson

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