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title: "9 Nation Capital Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/one-of-the-enduring-truths-of-the-nation-s-capital-is-that/)

[Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/)

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> [These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-foreman/these-guys-from-the-nation-s-capital-now-they-do-a-lot-of-thinking/)

[George Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-foreman/)

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> [Like the Wizards, Madame Tussauds has become a fixture in the nation's capital and one that I'm proud to be a part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-arenas/like-the-wizards-madame-tussauds-has-become-a-fixture-in-the-nation-s/)

[Gilbert Arenas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-arenas/)

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> [I came to the United States to chase my American dream, and fighting at the nation's capital is a dream come true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-ortiz/i-came-to-the-united-states-to-chase-my-american-dream-and-fighting/)

[Luis Ortiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-ortiz/)

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> [ “I know where a lot of them \[the elite or elitists\] live. Where's that? Well, in our nation's capital and New York… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-know-where-a-lot-of-them-the-elite-or-elitists-live-where-s-that/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [There seems to me nothing very bad about a nation's capital having good intentions - and when the intentions are magnificent, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-graham/there-seems-to-me-nothing-very-bad-about-a-nation-s-capital-having/)

[Katharine Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-graham/)

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> [Many reporters, when they go to work in the nation's capital, begin thinking of themselves as participants in the political process instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/many-reporters-when-they-go-to-work-in-the-nation-s-capital-begin/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [The near-term attacks ... will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks... And it's pretty clear that the nation's capital and New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-ridge/the-near-term-attacks-will-either-rival-or-exceed-the-9-11-attacks/)

[Tom Ridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-ridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/tom-ridge-24834_attacks_the-near-term-attacks-will-either-rival_537013.jpg)

> [“After graduating, I'd moved to the Washington D.C. area to see what I could do with the skills I'd picked up from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-deck/after-graduating-i-d-moved-to-the-washington-d-c-area-to-see-what-i/)

[Jeff Deck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-deck/)

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