Mark Meadows Quotes

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill

The only accountability-free zone in America: Washington DC.

Show me a supposedly 'unfixable' problem in Washington, and I'll show you the political corruption standing in the way.

I worked on Capitol Hill for five years, and I saw how things work and how they do not. I saw the partisanship, the gridlock, the pettiness, and the corruption.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.

Washington is not a geographical entity, it is a state of mind.... People understand how Cleveland works. They even understand how New York City works, but they can't figure Washington out.

Ideology isn’t driving the dynamic in Washington, it’s the desire to stay in power.

It is no secret that Washington, D.C., is a tempest of people and institutions relentlessly seeking power over the lives of everyday Americans.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

The last thing I will pay attention to is any of the usual Washington back and forth.

Washington can be a frustrating place.

Politics makes me sick.

I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

Everybody who goes into government gets somewhat chewed up in the process. Being a senior appointee is like being at a startup, only more so: You run into opposition from the entrenched oligopoly of contractors whose business model is to extract as much money from government as possible for doing as little as possible.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

Do you know what it takes to get a good piece of legislation passed ... one that everyone agrees on? The egos. The turf battles.... It's incredible.

I view the traditional two parties as in some ways very evil. They've become monsters that are out of control. The two parties don't have in mind what's best for Minnesota. The only things that are important to them are their own agendas and their pork. Government's become just a battle of power between the two parties.

… lobbyist-larded Washington

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

The government generally is just too top-heavy.

Everyone should work in politics to see how horrible it is.