Evan Osnos Quotes

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

We have seen in Washington the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock. There is nothing wrong with our country. There is much wrong with our politics ….

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.

We have all seen Washington politicians fail us.

Covering Capitol Hill was my first assignment in political journalism, and I still think it is the best beat in Washington.

A government shutdown, it isn't the end of the world. It's a bad thing. The government stops working for a few days. We cover it a lot. Polls turn against who ever made it stop working.

I was unknown because I came to Washington from the West. I started covering Watergate. Immodestly, I'd say I did it pretty well, in part because it was hard to go wrong.

It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

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

The product of Washington is politics. Other places produce steel.

Television is the medium through which 80 percent of the people see their leaders….They get all their information about their government and their leaders from television.

It’s tough for Washington to pass complicated legislation.

We don't want to see the government shut down.

The consequence of shutting down the government was not healthy.

I don't want to shut down the government.

I intensely covered Bush when he was Governor of Texas.

Washington is built on power.

I don't want to shut down government.

Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As a result, the public wisely let most of the hurly-burly of politics wash over their heads.

I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

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