Behinds Quote by Henry Ford

The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts.

— Howard Lutnick

Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.

— Barack Obama

Everything we do is very, very touched by what happens in Washington.

— Bob Latta

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 a black hole into which all sanity is sucked out of government deliberations.

— Paul Craig Roberts

The city of Washington is in some respects self-contained, and it is easy there to forget what the rest of the United States is…

— Woodrow Wilson

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

What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.

— Mark Batterson

There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the…

— Linda Ellerbee

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with…

— Abraham Lincoln

When it comes to Washington, most people tend to think first of politics. But Washington is also a geographic and physical place. It is,…

— Katharine Graham

Washington is a city that coddles up to and worships power.

— Joshua Micah Marshall