Washington Quotes · Page 4

In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.

— Timothy Noah

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

— Cenk Uygur

I was going to direct the movie 'Training Day', and I got fired. Denzel Washington didn't want me to direct the movie.

— Davis Guggenheim

The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow…

— Ivan Krastev

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

— Ron Fournier

In Washington, I will focus on creating a climate that helps create jobs and opportunities for Americans.

— Thom Tillis

I'd rather live in Nebraska than Washington.

— Dave Heineman

Soon after the financial crisis of 2008, I was at a meeting in Washington with a group of U.S. senators. They had…

— Bob Diamond

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

— Wendy Long

“President George Washington’s namesake capital, once a marketplace for slave auctions, is now synonymous with democracy and freedom; so is the iconic…

— Patrick Mendis

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when…

— Ryne Sandberg

Washington has always had a pretty healthy amount of self-loathing.

— Mark Leibovich

Where gays and lesbians are the best organized and most concentrated in numbers are states that President Clinton must carry in order…

— David Mixner

I've just been very interested in the living side of Washington, rather than the federal side, since I was a kid.

— George Pelecanos

You talk to the farmers, the ranchers, our small community bankers, and boy, one of the No. 1 issues is the regulations…

— Steve Daines

There is an extraordinary degree of amity among Washington poets. They hang together. You would be hard pressed to find that in…

— Maxine Kumin

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

— Mo Brooks

I do not believe that the best ideas come from Washington.

— Wayne Messam

Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national…

— Greg LeMond

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

Trump assumed office promising to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, D.C. Instead, the swamp has grown wider and deeper.

— Joseph Stiglitz

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it.

— Scott McClellan

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.

— Edward P. Jones

Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth.

— Tim Finchem

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.

— Suzanne Fields