Washington Quotes · Page 5

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.

— Robert M. Gates

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

— Barack Obama

I lived in Washington from when I was born to when I was 5.

— Alison Sudol

You don't get further outside than I do going into Washington, D.C.

— Ron Johnson

To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board.

— Woody Harrelson

Washington is filled with people making other people's arguments for money.

— Jon Lovett

I think it's the entire Washington establishment that is against Trump.

— Rush Limbaugh

Behind the scenes, I'm a kid from Washington just trying to be happy.

— Benson Boone

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

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

— George Pelecanos

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

— Monica Crowley

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

— John Kline

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

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

— Robert Orben

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

— Alistair Cooke

I think he should let me run Ohio. He should let us, the legislature, the members there, we should be running Ohio.…

— John Kasich

“Most of Senators loves their job, with all the perks and influence it carried, but doesn’t hesitate about complaining how dreadful living…

— Krzysztof Pacyński

I was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, and my neighbor was Michael Novak, a theologian and philosopher…

— Dinesh D'Souza

There are certainly days that we can convince ourselves in Washington that everybody's talking about one thing, and then I'll go home…

— John Sarbanes

We should make it so that young people pay their fair share for health care, and nothing more. And instead of Washington…

— Aaron Schock

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

— Greg LeMond

I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that…

— James Green Somerville

They're calling their Washington sources at the NRC or in Congress and they're not hesitating to give their opinion, but their opinion,…

— William Scranton

“In editing a volume of Washington 's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications…

— Moncure D. Conway

“The nation’s leaders keep throwing out the word “Washington” as a vulgar abstraction. Nothing new here: the anti-Washington reflex in American politics…

— Mark Leibovich

“Washington's all abstraction. It's about access to power and nothing else. I mean, I'm sure it's fun if you're living next door…

— Jonathan Franzen

“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen.…

— Thomas Edison

Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.

— Peter Roskam

You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

— Harry S Truman

One thing that Washington D.C. does not do well is cut spending.

— Mark Meadows

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

— Harry S Truman

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

— Judy Woodruff

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

— Darrell Issa

I came to Washington to get things done in a bipartisan way.

— Young Kim

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.

— John Engler

You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.

— Carly Fiorina

I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.

— Tori Amos

I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.

— Jeff Bingaman

In Washington, D.C., they don't do real work.

— Mark Meadows