Bill Clinton Quotes

The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country.

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.

I'm a hater. Part of the tribalness of politics is to really dislike the other side with intensity. And the more I see of them the more I hate them. I hate their negativity. I hate their narrowness

These days everything is discussed in terms of political partisan perspective including the weather—especially the weather.

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It's not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.

Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

I mean, look, we're living in a country where you can't have a non-denominational response. If you're slightly critical of either party, all of the partisans jump on you like you're a lunatic.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.

There's only one way we're going to change our political climate and ensure we establish some respect in our discourse. And that is to show there is a real price to pay for being a disrespectful partisan idiot.

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

In my opinion, the polarization of our politics has mostly been brought about by the massive infusion of money—mostly spent on negative advertising that create divisions among the population that watches television and the two parties.

We live in a perpetual campaign world.

The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.

I am basically a supporter of Barack Obama - it is not easy to be a post-partisan president in a hyper-partisan era.

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.

Unfortunately, our country has become so politically polarized that one side routinely attempts to destroy and discredit the other.

It is uncomfortable seeing how very divisive politics has become.

I am a pretty level-headed person, but that person, Harry Reid, has been the most destructive entity in Washington when it comes to civility. By far.

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.

Since my adolescence, divisive politics has bothered me.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.