Become Quote by Mark Leibovich

Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

— Jason Kander

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 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

What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country.…

— Mark McKinnon

Change very often comes to Washington, not from Washington.

— Tom Perez

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

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

The fact that Washington has been a complete logjam for anything for the last six years has got to change because we need to…

— Bill McKibben

At some point, the government expands into the private sphere so far that you live in a place with a whole lot less freedom.…

— Mike Pompeo

When a totally offensive tax hits a few million people, Washington is prepared to look the other way. But when everyone is harmed, self…

— Kevin Hassett

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

— George McGovern

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

— Kelli Ward