Christopher Cross Quotes

Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

Americans expect too much of politics.

Politics in America is like stale bread. It's so yada yada that the best among us can hardly stand it.

People are very upset with Washington. They're upset with Democrats. They're upset with Republicans. They're upset with the establishment.

Politics makes me sick.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

I quit politics because I hated it.

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

Politics disgusts me.

I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it.

I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country.

The people are fed up with politics and partisanship.

I think people are tired of politics as usual. We're tired of everything being scripted; we're tired of every comment being politically correct.

I think people vote Ukip from a frustration with politics, which is legitimate, and which politicians have to listen to.

The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.

I'm out of the Republican Party. I'm fed up.

Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.