Spencer Abraham Quotes

As truth is Washington's worst enemy, everyone associated with the truth is Washington's enemy.

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

Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.

I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.

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.

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

There’s nothing worse in politics than releasing facts one at a time.

Arguments are made in Washington with very few facts behind them.

This is Capitol Hill where they never let facts get in the way of a good press release.

It’s tough for Washington to pass complicated legislation.

Ideology isn’t driving the dynamic in Washington, it’s the desire to stay in power.

Health reform is, in some ways, a microcosm to everything that's right about Washington and everything that's wrong about it.

I give thousands of interviews, and I'm probably about as open as anybody in Washington as far as access goes, so I'll continue to do that.

Washington's a mess, but that's not stopping me from getting bills to help Montana signed into law by President Trump.

Washington can be a frustrating place.

Everything in politics is so stage-managed.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

We need to get big money out of Washington.

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.

Donald Trump, having spent decades in the public eye as an entertainer, may not understand what the nuclear triad is, or what America's 'first use' nuclear policy is, or why starting a trade war would be a disaster. But he does understand storytelling, the power of a clear narrative, and the importance of stirring emotion.

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

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