Mark Leibovich

I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone…

— Mark Leibovich

“The low point occurred in July, during Romney’s junior week abroad, in which the press became increasingly frustrated over Romney’s refusal to…

— Mark Leibovich

To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and…

— Mark Leibovich

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away…

— Mark Leibovich

“The Founding Fathers are always spinning in their graves over something, as is Ronald Reagan, or FDR. Edward R. Murrow is a…

— Mark Leibovich

Media has changed dramatically, as you and I know. We're in a world now where you're rewarded for being outrageous. Punditry has…

— Mark Leibovich

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

— Mark Leibovich

I always keep my repertorial hat on.

— Mark Leibovich

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

— Mark Leibovich

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

— Mark Leibovich

I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer.

— Mark Leibovich

“a mantra she attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: women in politics, she said, “need to develop skin as tough as a rhinoceros hide.”

— Mark Leibovich

I work for a big newspaper, and I guess I'm an insider. I don't have the luxury of calling myself a foreign…

— Mark Leibovich

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

— Mark Leibovich

I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I…

— Mark Leibovich

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world you're in, is to…

— Mark Leibovich

I think the job of a good journalist, especially in Washington, is to create discomfort, and I think for a certain class…

— Mark Leibovich

I don't think people talk to me because I'm such a good, charming, good-looking guy. I don't - whether that's true or…

— Mark Leibovich

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government…

— Mark Leibovich

I think one of the dirty little secrets that I try to reveal here is that Washington is not hopelessly divided. It's…

— Mark Leibovich

“the capital commandments of self-interest, self-importance, self-enrichment, and self-perpetuation.”

— Mark Leibovich

“a sinner is pleading to Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates: “Wait, those weren’t lies,” the sinner says. “That was spin!”

— Mark Leibovich

I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world youre in, is to…

— Mark Leibovich

“Many of us become walking self-caricatures at a certain point, and politicians can be particularly vulnerable, especially those who have maneuvered their…

— Mark Leibovich

I don't know if it's because my father's from Argentina, that I'm the son of an immigrant, I don't know if its…

— Mark Leibovich