Cases Quote by Clay Aiken

Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.

— Douglas Brunt

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.

— Beau Willimon

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system,…

— Ezra Klein

“Today’s Congress is a polarized, dysfunctional body, rendered helpless by partisanship, more focused on scoring short-term political points than on solving our nation’s urgent…

— Al Franken

Things get very lonely in Washington sometimes. The real voice of the great people of America sometimes sounds faint and distant in that strange…

— Woodrow Wilson

Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves, for themselves,…

— Ari Melber

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

— Mark Leibovich

I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what…

— Rosalynn Carter

Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated…

— E. L. Doctorow

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

— George McGovern

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In…

— Desiree Rogers

Washington is corrupt and corrupt on both sides of the aisle.

— Nick Searcy