Washington Quotes
1320 Washington quotes by 849 unique authors
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Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.
— Kristi Noem
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Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the…
— Chauncey Depew
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We are very encouraged that the results from our monitoring of air quality and drinking water conditions in both New York and near the Pentagon…
— Christine Todd Whitman
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Take Washington, D.C., which spends over $10,000 per student for education whose student achievement would be dead last if Mississippi chose to secede from the…
— Walter E. Williams
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Each morning we sat reading our copy of the New York Times, the Washington Post or the Los Angeles Times and ruminated on their prophecies…
— Dick Morris
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For many Washington liberals, terrorism was not the instrument of political fanatics and evil men, but was the product of social conditions - poverty, racism…
— David Horowitz
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More and more, the Democrats are not merely inconsistent, wrong and/or misguided - they are the worst of all possible things you can be in…
— Dick Morris
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Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.
— Charles Krauthammer
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There's too much political hay to be made undercutting the war, and the consequences be damned. If they want to defeat the war to defeat…
— James Lileks
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I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.
— Rick Perry
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I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.
— John F. Kennedy
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When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.'
— Ronald Reagan
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As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with…
— Robert Osborne
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Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of…
— Langston Hughes
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Washington's a cesspool of money.
— Stewart Udall
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In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.
— Meg Greenfield
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For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't…
— Sydney Pollack
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We can’t afford to be so worried about losing the next election that we lose the battles we owe to the next generation. The real…
— Barack Obama
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The discussion in Washington has changed dramatically. I mean, it's no longer a question of should we address entitlements - it's no longer a question…
— Mark Zandi
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Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.
— George Will
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My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon…
— Abraham Lincoln
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He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington
— William E. Gladstone
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But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I…
— Geraldine Ferraro
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The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't…
— Paula Poundstone
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The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for Jews, Irish lawyers…
— William O. Douglas
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