American politics Quote by Mark Leibovich

The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But…

— George Pelecanos

... Washington was not only an important capital. It was a city of fear. Below that glittering and delightful surface there is another story,…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

... the whole of society in Washington is to some degree political. It is like no other capital city known to me, in that…

— Storm Jameson

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

“never liked the atmosphere of Washington. I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were spending…

— Booker T. Washington

“Washington” has become for many a dirty word that connotes self-serving politicians and devious lobbyists. To be sure, they are there, but I remember…

— Dan Rather

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

— Joshua Micah Marshall

I think it's funny that nobody wants to be liked by Washington. All the politicians go, 'I don't like Washington. They don't like me.'…

— Maz Jobrani

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

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

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's a dangerous place.

— Jack Abramoff