Chris Bell is a famous Politician from USA, he/she is 64 years old and still alive, born November 23, 1959.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism.
Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Chris.
11 Famous quotes by Chris Bell
"So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age"
"I guess what bothers me so much about what I now see going on in both Washington and in Texas is an effort to keep people from finding out about the mistakes of lawmakers and then when they're uncovered, an effort to fool people and pretend there was nothing wrong"
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks"
"The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it"
"I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it"
"The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy"
"Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues"
"I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased"
"I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight"
"I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas"
"Ethics in government has always been important to me"
