Capricious Quote by Matt Taibbi

Average Americans, middle-class citizens, just feel disenfranchised by our government. And they feel particularly unhappy by what is perceived as business-as-usual politics in Washington.

— Patty Judge

Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect…

— Meg Greenfield

Washington is deeply frustrating because so many of the positions that politicians hold are a product of ephemeral self-interest. They reverse themselves, for themselves,…

— Ari Melber

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

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can…

— George Washington

The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.

— Tom Coburn

Politicians are interesting people and they have good and bad qualities.

— Sayaji Shinde

When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions,…

— Omar Ahmad

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

— Tony Goldwyn

“Washington's all abstraction. It's about access to power and nothing else. I mean, I'm sure it's fun if you're living next door to Seinfeld,…

— Jonathan Franzen

I think essentially corrupting institutions in Washington are turning conservatism into something that is really very creepy, but also emotionally and psychically powerful for…

— Andrew Sullivan

Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members…

— Jake Tapper