Washington Quotes
1320 quotes by 874 authors
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
— Dean Acheson
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After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop…
— Michele Bachmann
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When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I…
— Michele Bachmann
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Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished…
— Russell Baker
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically wrong to a…
— Russell Baker
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Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines.
— Alec Baldwin
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I was in college in Washington, D.C. I did three years full-time. I did all my requirements, and my senior year was really a gut…
— Alec Baldwin
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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
— Henry Adams
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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
— Marion Barry
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Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a…
— Evan Bayh
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Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.
— Bob Beauprez
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The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that.
— Glenn Beck
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I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19, No. 1 in the mornings.…
— Glenn Beck
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A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
— Joe Biden
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
— Buffalo Bill
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People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
— Michael Bloomberg
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I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts.…
— John Boehner
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The American people are screaming at the top of their lungs to Washington, 'Stop! Stop the spending, stop the job-killing policies.' And yet, Democrats in…
— John Boehner
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But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on…
— John Boehner
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Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening…
— John Boehner
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