Rashid Khalidi Quotes

Everyone in Congress represents Washington.

Washington is a city of arrogance.

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

… lobbyist-larded Washington

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

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

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

Money speaks louder than words in Washington.

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 ….

Washington is built on power.

Washington can be a frustrating place.

Washington is dominated by big money.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Washington is like playing the Super Bowl, only there are no timeouts, no potty breaks, and the arena is filled with the media. In government, you have to learn to put yourself second in a big way. But I am a business person at heart. I like to be in charge.

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.

During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

I think it would be so much fun to be in the White House.

Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

I'd worked at the White House for two years, and I'd read a bunch of White House memoirs because everybody who works at the White House, even for five minutes, writes a memoir usually not less than 600 pages long - and never without the word 'power' in the title.

I'm not a Washington person.

…the Senate, a small body of egos…

Washington is riddled with unstable people who are either depressed or make other people depressed.