In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.

Quote by Simon Hoggart

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In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.

In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los...

Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique....

Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique....

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've...

Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then...

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then...

Every country has the government it deserves.

Every country has the government it deserves.

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back,...

I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting government off your back,...

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our...

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...