Judy Woodruff Quotes

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

The problem we've got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.

The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided?

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 ….

We've become so polarized we've become paralyzed.

I think partisanship is probably the greatest problem in Washington, D.C.

It is uncomfortable seeing how very divisive politics has become.

There used to be a civility. Today, members of Congress would rather destroy another member than compromise.

The tone is toxic here in Washington and we are exporting it around the country.

Jefferson, Madison and Washington could not survive in today’s political environment.

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

It's a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation.

The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.

Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.

Dear God, in mercy and grace, prevent the Senate from being like Humpty Dumpty. Keep it from being so fractured and fragmented that no one will ever be able to put it together again.

Divisiveness is the only thing that sells today. Comity dies not sell. Civility does not sell.

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction.

People have been upset about the tenor and discord in Washington for a really long time.

You've heard me question whether the partisanship in Washington has made us, as a nation, ungovernable - and, indeed, Democrats are doing their very best to make sure of it.

Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.