Quotes About Politics

I think it's funny that nobody wants to be liked by Washington. All the politicians go, 'I don't like Washington. They don't like me.' I always find it funny that people are trying to distance themselves from Washington as much as they can, even though they're all in Washington.

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?

When Trump was elected, there were three parties in Washington: the Trump party, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Washington, D.C.'s lost the trust and faith of everyone.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Liberals from California to Washington are fighting President Trump on illegal immigration.

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

It is my belief there is too much concentration of power and spending in Washington.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it. The reason I ran against him was that he was one way in the district and then when he got to Washington, he voted the opposite.

There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality.

In the early 1970s in Washington, a small group of young conservative activists came together to try and change American politics. They called themselves the New Right, and they were convinced that unless they did something drastic, the liberals and the left-wingers in America were going to take over the country.

The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.

We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

Like Marco Rubio in 2010, I'm not going to back down from the Washington establishment. They are the problem, not the solution.

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.

The presidency made John Adams an old man long before there was television. As early as the nation's first contested presidential election, with Adams and Jefferson running to succeed Washington, you had a brutal, ugly, vicious campaign that was divisive and as partisan as anything we're experiencing today.

Here's the thing Washington always misses. Washington always wants a deal. America wants a solution. Americans sent us here to solve problems.

Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country.

Folks in Washington have it all figured out - they are going to make your choices and run your life.

The making of the Barack Obama franchise far exceeded the skill set of Washington's best. In fact, the recipe for Mr. Obama's global popularity can be attributed less to political minds and chance than to the enduring power of Hollywood.

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.

Politicians in Washington are useless.