#washington

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down. ↗

— Robert Orben

#down #know #place #politicians #taxes

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. ↗

— Elinor Ostrom

#having #ignored #importance #involvement #just

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind. ↗

— Debbi Peterson

#amazing #blows #cadillac #comes #corner

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington. ↗

— Jodi Rell

#assistance #because #dollars #enough #fill

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#barack obama #basic #brought #changed #ethical

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#chop #cliche #come #guests #hang

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#being #destiny #folk #got #hands

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#congress #countries #country #democratic #either

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#because #believe #elected #elected officials #heart

I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of people and at home with the desperately poor has been good for me in preparation for my coming to Washington. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#been #ceos #children #coming #desperately