Washington Quotes · Page 17

“ He didn't seem to understand yet was that I didn't really care about the ways of Washington.”

— Elizabeth Warren

There are a lot of people in Washington who say things that are not accurate all the time.

— Mike Johnson

Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with.

— Jason T. Smith

Washington is a bubble, and there is nothing more powerful than the conservative grassroots when we are engaged and letting our voice…

— Ted Cruz

D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.

— Marvin Sapp

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the…

— Darrell Issa

When people ask where I'm from, I tell them Washington, because that's where I feel the most comforted by the people.

— Ryan Leaf

Everywhere you look in Washington, you can find examples of financial mismanagement.

— Ted Lieu

I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help if people don't like…

— Ralph Hall

Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway.…

— Scott Brown

Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in…

— Senator John Kerry

Immediately after 11 September, the U.S. closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement…

— Noam Chomsky

While Obama, the olive-branch poseur, has called for a restoration of 'civility' in Washington and liberal elites whine and whinny about the…

— Michelle Malkin

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't…

— Carly Fiorina

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and…

— Timothy Noah

As a policymaker, as a public servant, I come to Washington, D.C., and I make difficult decisions and I make difficult decisions…

— Jon Tester

We'll have to marshal our forces in Washington. It won't be easy. That doesn't mean it can't be done.

— Zev Yaroslavsky

Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

— Sally Quinn

Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington.

— Steve Wynn

I have been traveling to every corner of the great state of Florida. I've met some great people and we've had an…

— Adam Hasner

I think the best way that we can bring people together is through change in Washington, D.C.

— Mike Pence

The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be.

— Josh Mandel

If you like Texas and you like our economy, I helped create all that and all those jobs and you will love…

— David Dewhurst

People should not be paid to go to Washington and not do their job. When they don't show up, why should we…

— Carlos Beruff

Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.

— Alistair Cooke

What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives.

— Barack Obama

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

— Robert Orben

President Donald Trump set out to drain the Washington swamp, and perhaps no one has aided him more effectively than senior adviser…

— Kayleigh McEnany

I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.

— Omari Hardwick

We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.

— John Kline

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln faced enormous difficulties, but they both gave their lives to make sure America survived.

— Monica Crowley

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

— George Pelecanos

The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that.

— Glenn Beck

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

— Suzanne Fields

I think we have enough Washington in Washington, and I think maybe we need a little more Florida, and this recipe that's…

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

You have to work across the aisle. Americans have had enough of the gridlock in Washington.

— Kathy Szeliga

I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always…

— Ricky Martin

There have been more people disenfranchised in Washington than there have been in Kuwait.

— Jesse Jackson

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just…

— Elinor Ostrom

It's not everybody that can handle firing Denzel Washington or coming to blows and saying, 'This is what's happening because I said…

— Amanda Warren