Washington Quotes · Page 17

The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit.

— Martha Roby

When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C.,…

— Ed Smith

For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy…

— Dan Maffei

Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the…

— Paul Sadler

Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington.

— Mike Lowry

Being nice doesn't necessarily mean you're weak. You can be nice and be strong at the same time. That's a character trait…

— Shelley Moore Capito

I think the American people can change Washington. But I think that it is not going to change, because somebody from on…

— Barack Obama

We've seen, in Washington, both sides say they don't want to give up much of anything.

— John Dickerson

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of…

— Stephen Kinzer

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a…

— Susan Estrich

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have…

— Edward James Olmos

Thanks to our geography and the structure of our economy, Virginia gets a front-row seat to the happenings in Washington. We feel…

— Ralph Northam

It doesn't matter that Bush scares the hell out of me. What matters is that he scares the hell out of a…

— Seymour Hersh

Washington was not just a city of marble buildings and smoke-filled rooms and power brokers, but also a town full of people…

— Andrea Mitchell

Wall Street's outsized influence in our nation's capital is something I've talked about for a long time - long before I even…

— Elizabeth Warren

The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built…

— George W. S. Trow

I'd trained at the University of Washington and had a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

— Gregg Henry

New York has total depth in every area. Washington has only politics; after that, the second biggest thing is white marble.

— John Lindsay

I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city.

— Bennie Thompson

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

— Rand Paul

Sometimes in Washington you get a little disconnected. I want to make sure I know what people are actually doing each day.

— Steven Horsford

We need to fix Washington, D.C. and states need to fix their sanctuary policies. That's the problem.

— Russell Pearce

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system.…

— Francine Busby

Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.

— Matt Rosendale

It sure would be nice to have a Washington that was there for us, but most help has always been local and…

— Eric Garcetti

There is no greater threat to Washington, D.C., than Bernie Sanders, and they know it.

— Cenk Uygur

There are as many Democrats that are guilty as Republicans and their spending habits. And the fact is, is that Washington is…

— Sarah Steelman

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

— Mike Quigley

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

— Jeb Bush

People in both parties are restless for change, ready to break free of old patterns in Washington.

— Mike Pence

Let's establish that no one in Washington actually cares about balancing the budget.

— Cenk Uygur

In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'

— Tucker Carlson

Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class.

— Mark Leibovich

You've got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There's no countervailing power.

— Robert Reich

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

— Gary Peters

The change doesn't come from Washington ever. Change comes from below. It comes from the pressure building amongst the American people.

— Rick Rowley

I attended the Women's March on Washington with a group of artists, curators, and art-world professionals.

— Zoe Buckman

Washington told Wall Street, 'We're going to let y'all regulate yourselves.' The Republicans were in charge. They never said a word.

— Ronnie Musgrove

What was Ted Kennedy? Was he not the ultimate insider in Washington, yet maintaining philosophical views, when necessary?

— Michael Capuano

In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance…

— Andrew P. Harris