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Representation Quotes


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


"Today when someone shakes hands with Modi & looks into his eyes, they don't see Modi, but the reflection of 125 crore Indians"


"Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes."


"I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress."


"Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States."


"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists."



"Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch."


"The Good News of love must be a lifestyle, not a program for Christian."


"Wherever you are remember that you represent Christ."


"I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male and if not always the material of the rich, certainly (for obvious reasons) the material of the literate."


"Wherever you are remember you represent Christ."
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