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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

You often see in Washington those who disagree you described as stupid or evil. It's one of the most unfortunate trends of modern political discourse. Portraying opponents as too dumb to know the truth but smart enough and wanting people to suffer.

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.

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.

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.

The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that.

I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions.