Bill Clinton Quotes

There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.

There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.

This President [George W. Bush] is a miserable failure.

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.

President Bush said that he wanted to change the tone in Washington. He has; it has gotten worse.

Lincoln and the Government are imbecile and played out.

Washington has become a place where good ideas come to die.

It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom — the old trickle-down theory.

Congress actively undermines the best of legislative practice.

Congress has lost its capacity to manage itself.

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

Washington is a black hole into which all sanity is sucked out of government deliberations.

Americans from all walks of life have voiced their deep frustration with Washington's seeming inability to get anything constructive done. For decades, they have watched politicians talk a good game while failing to deliver.

We have all seen Washington politicians fail us.

Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.

The greatest praise I can give Lincoln on this his anniversary is to say he would be ashamed of his party's leadership today.

These Republican governors who say that government can’t create jobs---well government certainly created their jobs..

The Republicans are the party that says that government doen't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

The tragedy is that political leaders failed so badly at delivering what Iraqis clearly wanted - and for that, a great deal of responsibility lies with Prime Minister Maliki.

One of the reasons Americans hold Washington in such low regard is the perception that nothing ever gets done. Whatever the issue - no matter how urgent - they always seem to be 'working on it.'

We Americans are as great as we have ever been. But our government is broken.