Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. — John F. Kennedy
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality. — Andrew Johnson
I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money. — Bob Hope
Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese. — Dennis Miller
Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned — Paul Laurence Dunbar
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. — Marion Barry
Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there. — John Kasich
Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded. — John McCain
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. — Pat Robertson
Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. — Oscar Wilde
Rich people march on Washington every day. — I. F. Stone
The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of The New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C. — H. R. McMaster
The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research. — Jay Inslee
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C. — Dan Benishek
I'm not thinking about coaching, I'm thinking about heading to Washington, watching the world champions and my brother coach — Jon Gruden
Short Washington Dc Quotes
If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog. — Harry S. Truman
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood. — Fred Thompson
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. — William E. Simon
United States: the country where liberty is a statue. — Nicanor Parra
In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots. — Tommy Douglas
Washington Quotes
Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections. — Julius Nyerere
Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for. — Ronald Reagan
When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody. — Prince
Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame. — Rose O'Neal Greenhow
In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous. — Marquis de Lafayette
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. — Jay Leno
We have more than enough to take care of everybody on earth at this time. If we have a shortage of anything, it's very easy for science to make a substitute material. There's no shortage of anything except brains in Washington. — Jacque Fresco
I don’t think we’ll ever get to the 2024 election! I think things are going to implode in Washington before then. Our economic financial condition is fragile. It’s going to come home to roost in ugly ways. — Douglas Macgregor
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. — Ron Paul
It doesn't matter who you vote for we get the same damn policies. We have this thing in Washington called the Uniparty. The Uniparty is owned by various corporate, foreign and pharmaceutical lobbyists. This has to go away!! — Douglas Macgregor
March On Washington Quotes
We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided! Let's fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us. — Donald Trump
Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end. — David Cross
The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal. — Leonard Boswell
I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom." What King understood is that you have to deal with the economic issues as well as the political issues and the civil rights issues. — Bernie Sanders
We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators. — Gray Davis
I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could. — Andre Braugher
When all you can think of is your own personal problems, you have nothing to give to your society. If you're trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from, you can't go march on Washington. — Ani Difranco
I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'. — Barbara Boxer
The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals. — Leonard Boswell
Mexico’s population in the early 1800s was 6.2 million to the U.S.’ 9.6 million and the Mexicans were next door so quietly Washington DC began encouraging Americans, and new arrivals, to begin to settle on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. — Tim Marshall
While the infiltration of Texas was going on, Washington DC issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which boiled down to warning the European powers that they could no longer seek land in the Western Hemisphere. — Tim Marshall
I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office. — George W. Bush
I come from a small county outside of Washington DC called PG County, and me, my mom, my brother, we moved so many different places growing up. And it felt like a box. It felt like there was no getting out. — Kevin Durant
In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. — Armstrong Williams
Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you. — Harry Shearer
In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since — Anita Hill
So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC. — Julian Assange
Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy that you will feel like you are walking the streets of Washington DC on the night that John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. This is a hugely entertaining, heart-stopping read. — Vince Flynn
Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC. — Michelle Obama
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. — Sandra Bullock
Washington DC is corporate-occupied territory. — Ralph Nader
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. — Joe Biden
[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors. — Kevin Spacey
Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world. — Andrew Natsios
I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that. — Alexandra Kerry
The same music is playing on the radio in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Annapolis. Everywhere you go there's the same artists and same songs by them, over and over again. At some stations they play the same songs 50 to 60 times a week. — John Hall
When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong. — Van Jones
In some cities such as Washington, DC, that 75 percent of young black men can expect to serve time in prison. — Henry Giroux
I served in Washington, DC for twelve years in the Congress of the United States, and I served with many Republicans and Democrats, men and women of goodwill. The potential is there to really change the direction of this country, but it's going to take leadership do it. — Mike Pence
The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively address complex, long-term problems like the climate crisis. Which brings me to my other major concern - the short-term focus of capitalism. It distorts the allocation of resources and the decision-making processes of companies. — Al Gore
Washington, DC does not have to live with much of what they produce legislatively for us. — Rush Limbaugh
Never mind that the new Visitors Center in Washington DC cost the taxpayers $621 million. Oh and that was ONLY $550 million more than the project was originally supposed to cost. Not to mention the fact that it was supposed to open three years ago .. but it was a government operation. What do you expect? I definitely want to put these people in charge of my healthcare and my retirement plan. — Neal Boortz
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. — Henry Rollins
I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled in Washington, DC, and appreciated in Texas, or reviled in Texas and appreciated in Washington, I would take the former 100 out of 100 times. — Ted Cruz
I have a lot of friends who come from alcoholic families, and they aren't alcoholics, because someone explained it to them. When I was in Washington DC, they really talked about the difference statistically between families that talk about drug addiction and ones that don't. The kids that can say "I see where this is going" have a much better chance of not becoming addicts, because they have been educated. — Nikki Sixx
It is cold down in Washington, DC. They had to use an ice scraper on John Boehner's face to get the tears off, it was so cold. — David Letterman
If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country. — Mark Steyn
...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public campaign is aimed at reducing smoking and cancers related to it. Yet...the ACS has but a single (lobbyist) in Washington DC. The industry-supported Tobacco Institute, on the other hand, has a ten million dollar budget which supports dozens of Washington staff. — Michael F. Jacobson
The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC. — Herman Cain
We need one strong hombre or hombre-ette, and I'm the hombre-ette to go and stand for you in Washington DC. — Michele Bachmann
It's very encouraging to see the structural changes that the RNC has made this past year in engaging communities on the ground. Recognizing that the way to reach voters is to go into their communities instead of reaching out from an office in Washington DC is essential for victory in elections today. — S. E. Cupp
As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But it seems to me that Brussels, which boasts 1,000 years of history and which serves as the capital of Belgium, the home of the European Union, and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title. — Joe Biden
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. — Chuck Klosterman
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