#washington

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#going #i #make #patterns #real

I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#goes #governor #had #i #mr

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., where's there's crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#child #crocodiles #first #florida #jigsaw

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#best #his #only #shows #washington

We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#consequences #created #different #different perspectives #experience

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people." ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#amendment #been #court #court decision #decision

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#false #hyperbole #i #i think #outrage

Now, look, it's true, Americans do want leaders that will come to Washington, D.C. and work together to get things done, but that comes with a very important caveat, it depends what they're trying to do. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#comes #depends #done #get #important

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#like #page #post #say #see

I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#call #capitalism #corporate #economics #economy