Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

I came to Washington where I knew I would be farther away from America than I could be on some foreign shore.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

There are two Americas: Washington and the rest of us.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

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.

Whenever you're faced with an explanation of what's going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.

I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event.

The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided?

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack.

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

Washington is a cesspool of non-accountability.

There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.

Washington can be a very lonely place for Congressman and Senators. Many acquaintances almost all of whom want something and very few friends.

… lobbyist-larded Washington

Washington is totally out of touch with mainstream America.

I'm not a creature of Washington.

I felt like I might as well have been living in another part of the solar system.