Leadership Quote by Charlie Norwood

Power, in Charlie Norwood's framing, isn't something you possess; it's something you trigger. "When they hear from you, it counts" is a politician's candid admission about how the machinery actually moves: not by abstract public opinion, but by measurable contact. The line carries the implicit civics lesson most campaigns prefer to keep offstage: institutions respond less to what people feel than to what they do in a way that leaves a trace - calls logged, letters tallied, doors knocked, votes banked.

The phrasing is doing two jobs at once. It flatters ("it counts") while recruiting. Norwood casts the listener as a lever, not an audience. That shift matters because it turns political participation from a moral posture into a tactical instrument. He isn't asking for agreement; he's asking for signal strength.

"That's how we're going to win" tightens the frame further. "Win" isn't policy here; it's a scoreboard. The subtext is blunt: this is a contest, and your voice is valuable because it changes the odds. In a Norwood-era Republican context - an elected official steeped in grassroots conservatism and interest-group mobilization - the line reads like a nod to the reality of modern advocacy. Legislators are inundated, and the "heard from you" part is code for organized, persistent, and locally grounded pressure.

It also anticipates a cynical truth about representation: elected officials hear from the most motivated, not the most numerous. Norwood's appeal is democratic on its face, but it quietly endorses the politics of activation, where attention goes to the loudest, most disciplined participants.