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Many people are looking to Washington for answers, but I'm here to tell you, if we wait for the politicians to solve the problems…

— Paul Zane Pilzer

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.

— Thomas Sowell

As president, I will take that work, that bipartisan work, that finding common ground, because you have to be able to get along with…

— Hillary Clinton

Washington is broken. I know what it takes to get this country back, and will work with good Democrats and good Republicans to do…

— Mitt Romney

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

— Young Kim

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

We need a president willing to embrace the idea that Washington is not the answer to all, or even most, of our problems, regardless…

— Scott Pruitt

You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn…

— Richard Shelby

The leaders in Washington have got to come together in a bipartisan way and do the right thing for the people who are being…

— Howard Schultz

We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are…

— Dave Ramsey

Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.

— Meghan McCain

The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.

— Barack Obama