Washington Quotes

Washington Quote of the day

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and we say this is one nation under God.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Rich people march on Washington every day.

There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since

The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map.

So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC.

Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

I was raised in Washington, DC in a household where one parent was a Republican and the other was a Democrat, so I got both sides.

Washington DC is corporate-occupied territory.

I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.

When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.

The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC.

I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent on tours, some of that was extremely violent.

In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

We need one strong hombre or hombre-ette, and I'm the hombre-ette to go and stand for you in Washington DC.

Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

Washington, DC does not have to live with much of what they produce legislatively for us.

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

The heirs of Jefferson and Madison would be the Democratic-Republicans, the heirs of Hamilton and Adams would be the Federalists. But the heirs of Washington would be all Americans.

Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.

Funny thing about love, ain’t it? Sometimes it saves you and sometimes, like right then, even love isn’t enough.

Washington likes to threaten the people over whom they exercise power.

Learn to do common things uncommonly well

Outside of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain

Snowmageddon.Dirty glacial clouds hammered the city's anvil. On the District of Columbia’s northwestern edge, gusts of snow rolled across the Park Road Bridge like volcanic ash.

...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.

Most of everything is very little of not very much at all.

She was back in western Washington state, where rain was so prevalent that a day of sunshine was the lead story on the local news.

I know where a lot of them [the elite or elitists]

Jefferson and Washington had no idea these idiots would exist, otherwise they would not have made killing illegal.