A Conservative State Representative (Republican) gave me a bit of advice. I was talking to him and had thanked him for his stand and hard work to try and pass concealed carry in our state. He surprised me by his response. In a way he rebuked me by telling to never put a politician on a pedestal but to keep their feet to the fire.
a sage, no doubt ;)
.....whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundations on such Principles....