Betty Ford Quotes

Washington has always had a pretty healthy amount of self-loathing.

I was eight when he left office. Like, he had an awesome house, you know, and my cousins and I had awesome trips to Camp David and Washington. It was just all like a good time for me.

Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for Lincoln and one for Washington - as we used to do, before we became so concerned with the 'Every President Gets a Trophy' ethos?

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.

I lived in Washington longer than I have lived anywhere else, so it's considered home, even though I moved back to California.

I'm focused on bringing real change to Washington because the career politicians have screwed things up so badly.

To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.

To get a presidential tweet from the Commander-in-Chief about a military book that you've written is pretty awesome. And it wouldn't matter where that person's politics would be, it's the President of the United States.

Mr. Trump has said that he wants a vice president who knows Washington, is able to deal with the Congress, and could be viewed as somebody who could be president.

I want to help Donald Trump drain the swamp back in Washington.

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

Tillis has been weak on China since he got to Washington.

I'll confess that, from an early age, I was a huge fan of President Reagan because my parents bought me an enormous stuffed monkey that they named President Reagan - yes, I get it now.

You don't just get to show up in Washington and, because a terrible thing has happened to you, that you get to jump up and scream and yell.

Too often, it's the Washington way to hide, point fingers, and try to place blame on someone else.

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

I am a pretty level-headed person, but that person, Harry Reid, has been the most destructive entity in Washington when it comes to civility. By far.

If you will trust me with your vote, you can count on me to take those values to Washington.

As a politician, I spent a lot of time in Washington and New York, cities that are familiar to Europeans.

It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington.

Washington is too expensive.

There's really a fundamental political corruption problem that put Washington completely out of touch with the people.

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

What I see in Washington reminds me of what I saw in Montgomery when I was first elected Alabama's Attorney General. In Montgomery, corruption was the problem, so I assembled the finest public corruption prosecution team in the country. Their work wasn't always popular with the mainstream media or the local politicians. We didn't let that stop us.

I haven't let Washington change me.