Washington Quotes
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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
Ralph Nader
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
Vincent Canby
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Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
Esther Dyson
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I spent 19 years as a Washington reporter covering a variety of beats.
Walt Mossberg
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Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.
Major Owens
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
Ted Cruz
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Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.
Larry Elder
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
Dan Pfeiffer
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
Pat Oliphant
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Why do millennials like Bernie Sanders so much? I love that this is a mystery to Washington. It's the authenticity, stupid.
Cenk Uygur
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Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.
Ada Louise Huxtable
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I think that the reality is, is that there's a shift in the mood in the USA that's very anti-Washington.
Reince Priebus
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I'm not a creature of Washington.
Jack Kingston
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I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.
J. C. Watts
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
Ted Cruz
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Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and is often credited with its success. But he had no known part in drafting its provisions.
Edmund Morgan
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It is hard for anyone who discovers George Washington not to write about him, perhaps because he is so hard to discover and such a surprise when you do.
Edmund Morgan
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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
Rand Paul
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Nobody cares what any politician in Washington says.
Ted Cruz
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I always wanted to do a 'Ms. Smith Goes to Washington.'
Laura Dern
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My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
Barack Obama
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A carriage will start from Washington in the morning, the passengers will breakfast at Baltimore, dine at Philadelphia, and sup in New York the same day.... Engines will drive boats 10 or 12 miles an hour, and there will be hundreds of steamers running on the Mississippi, as predicted years ago.
Oliver Evans
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This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.
Sally Quinn
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I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
U Thant