Washington Quotes · Page 13

Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will…

— Judith Martin

I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony…

— Dave Brat

You know what, as I look back on that year, I was very excited on joining the Washington Redskins.

— Donovan McNabb

Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of…

— Hugh Newell Jacobsen

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the 'Post', but the truth is less romantic. I came back for…

— Katharine Weymouth

Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.

— Meghan McCain

Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with…

— Aaron Swartz

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

— Ahmet Ertegun

Spirituality in Washington can be more of a - I don't want to say it - but, a networking opportunity. Religion is…

— Mark Leibovich

It's difficult for democracy to function properly under the most favorable circumstances, but it has no chance at all when millions of…

— David Harsanyi

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house…

— DeForest Soaries

I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family…

— Hope Solo

The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame…

— Walter Kirn

I, as prime minister, never went to Washington. Certainly never went to a presidential ranch. I hate to say this, but I…

— David Lange

Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks…

— Michael Baumgartner

Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts,…

— Jake Tapper

Too many people in Washington are full of themselves, among other things that they are full of.

— Thomas Sowell

“About all I can say about the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”

— Will Rogers

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

— Nancy Pelosi

Solutions and ideas should come from the bottom up, generated by local communities and not mandated from Washington.

— Mercedes Schlapp

Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests.

— Sergei Lavrov

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

— Bill Gates

It's time to bring tough medicine to Washington. No longer will policy be set by K Street, it will be dictated by…

— Rick Perry

The cost of healthcare, caring for our veterans, and draining the swamp are among a few of the issues I have been…

— Mike Braun

Look, I went to college in Washington, D.C. - best I remember is it's pretty easy to walk outside.

— Clay Travis

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind.

— Mitt Romney

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

— Jim Jordan

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

— Eric Garcetti

Sweet Washington cherries and Walla Walla onions are two of my favorite local treats.

— Tom Douglas

I did most of my Ph.D. in Washington. They used to bring black kids through the lab for tours, and I was…

— Carl Hart

I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.

— Matt Salmon

As your representative, you can count on me to fight back against Washington, D.C.'s war on the west.

— Greg Gianforte

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first…

— Harry S Truman

I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat…

— Alexandra Kerry

I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.

— John F. Kennedy

We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start…

— Heidi Heitkamp

I'd start a business again in a heartbeat. Indeed, I hope that one day I may get the chance to do so…

— Mike Pompeo

The Republicans I know or the conservatives I know, they disagree with what the Republicans are doing in Washington because we are…

— Mo Brooks

In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.

— Jonathan Turley

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.

— Beau Willimon