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Washington Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand.…
- Farm policy, although it's complex, can be explained. What it can't be is believed. No cheating spouse, no teen with a wrecked family car, no…
- In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.
- Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs. Splash! There goes Mark Foley!
- The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
- As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that…
- Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.
More Washington Quotes
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington… — Michele Bachmann
- When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap… — Michele Bachmann
- Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign… — Russell Baker
- The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically… — Russell Baker
- Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines. — Alec Baldwin
- I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was… — Alec Baldwin
- The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
- Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. — Marion Barry
- Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere… — Evan Bayh
- Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security. — Bob Beauprez
- The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that. — Glenn Beck