I think Quote by George Pelecanos

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

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

— Mark Leibovich

Washington was not just a city of marble buildings and smoke-filled rooms and power brokers, but also a town full of people who do…

— Andrea Mitchell

I think anybody who has been in Washington for almost 40 years has been there too long.

— Kelli Ward

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.

— Katharine Graham

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. ... It is a city that offers me more people -- more different kinds…

— Katharine Graham

Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are…

— Horace Greeley

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there…

— Esther Dyson

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

I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than the rest…

— Dave Barry

... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting…

— Sally Quinn

When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.

— Joseph Stiglitz