Chris Bell Quotes

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom, Unnecessary

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in American, Self

• The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Power

  Tags in People, American

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Opening

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Information

• I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Whatever, Show

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Courage, Convictions

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Trying, Problem, Competition

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Mistake

  Tags in People, Nothing

• 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.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Corruption, Republican, Against

• Ethics in government has always been important to me.

  Chris Bell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Important

Chris Bell (11)

Birth:	23rd November, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Journalist, Lawyer, Politician

About

Robert Christopher "Chris" Bell was born in Abilene, Texas. He is an American politician, attorney and former journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law. He served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001, followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005. Bell, a member of the Democratic Party, is currently an attorney specializing in truck accidents. Prior to practicing law, Bell had been a prominent radio journalist in Texas.

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