Eric Schmidt Quotes

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.

Washington is dominated by big money.

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

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

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.

Whenever Congress was in session, we were in Washington. So four months out of the year we were in Tennessee and the rest of the time in Arlington, which is where my mom grew up. Then, of course, in 1992 we moved into the vice president's house in D.C. I was 15 then.

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.

I'm not a Washington person.

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

Politics is a matter of communications.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

Washington is not a geographical entity, it is a state of mind.... People understand how Cleveland works. They even understand how New York City works, but they can't figure Washington out.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

Money speaks louder than words in Washington.

At home when people go to lawmakers and induce them with trips and gifts and so on to pass legislation, it's called corruption. But in the U.S. it's actually a profession called lobbying!

… lobbyist-larded Washington

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.

I'm not a creature of Washington.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

Show me a supposedly 'unfixable' problem in Washington, and I'll show you the political corruption standing in the way.

Washington is built on power.