"But also the constituency determines the vote..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
But also the constituency determines the vote of the representative. He is not only representative, but participant. Like can onlybe known by like. The reason why he knows about them is, that he is of them; he has just come out of nature, or from being a part of the thing.
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More on Representation
“My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.”
“As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own personal biography and affiliations with the demands of the broader democracy. And you need to make sure you are representing everybody.”
“I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.”
More on Connection
“For many people, food is a source of comfort, connection, and control.”
“I cannot often enough say, that a man is only a relative and representative nature. Each is a hint of the truth, but far enough from being that truth, which yet he quite newly and inevitably suggests to us. If I seek it in him, I shall not find it.”
“When two close kindred meet What better than call a dance?.”