Quotes About Washington

As a politician, I spent a lot of time in Washington and New York, cities that are familiar to Europeans.

I am an elected official, a politician who has been very successful in Washington, in city halls and state houses for my entire career. If somebody wants somebody who needs on-the-job training, then they will not be able to vote for me.

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.

But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington that lives in Gaithersburg. It's not the Washington that accounts for most of the population. 'This Town' refers to the people who think they run your country.

Washington's Alfalfa Club dinner is a populist's nightmare.

I think Trump had this general populist agenda but has not been particularly adept at using the levers of power in Washington.

When I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork. Washington is full of big spenders. Let's make them squeal.

Bounce is taking flight all over the globe. New York especially, and L.A., Canada, Portland, Washington. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves, for themselves, all the time.

I grew up in Spokane, Washington, in a very Christian, conservative home.

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

Many Americans have sensed there is a very corrupt pay-to-play system going on in Washington.

I am fighting to stop the corruption in Washington that was created by Mitch McConnell.

Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.

Don't think that you can go to Washington and dress as an individual. If you want to avoid criticism, you need to be a twin-set-sweater-and-pearls type of girl.

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'

Obamacare has made a mess of our health insurance and health care systems, and Washington politicians have failed to fix the problem.

I've always believed that the things middle class families struggle with around their kitchen tables should define my work in Washington.

I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.

The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country.

I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.

I compliment President Obama on having these summits each year in Washington in which people have talked about ridding the world of materials of mass destruction.

I'm ready to stand tall for freedom and get Washington out of our lives.

I think when you have so many people working for American-based think tanks and American-based defense companies, there is always going to be a bent towards proposing American-led solutions for foreign problems. People get paid big money in Washington to come up with ways that America can fix problems overseas, and they are not always right.