For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ago while working as a Senate intern.
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
I hate to confess that I would love to have all of my children in Washington - and at the same time, they've been all over the place, and my heart of hearts, I believe that freedom is wonderful.
I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.
As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.
Everything we do is very, very touched by what happens in Washington.
I love Martha's Vineyard, where I have had a house for thirty years. I have loved visiting countries around the world. But I always come home to Washington.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.