Washington Quotes

1320 Washington quotes by 849 unique authors

If you go to the city of Washington, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of congress, and… — Eugene V. Debs
Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread. — Thomas Jefferson
The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to talk about a… — Malik Zulu Shabazz
Now, people ask me all the time how we got four surplus budgets in a row. What new ideas did we bring to Washington? I… — William J. Clinton
One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped… — Ruhollah Khomeini
In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about… — Madeleine M. Kunin
The assumption that Washington could and would resolve Lehman Brothers without a bankruptcy, as it had Bear Stearns, was the single biggest mistake in the… — David Malpass
While Washington pays lip service to the challenges facing small businesses, it repeatedly chooses its own expansion over results. In effect, government has become a… — David Malpass
Every generation has an obligation to leave its children in a better position than it inherited. Our representatives in Washington are breaking faith with that… — David Malpass
I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard… — Ricky Martin
I know something. America is not broken, Washington, D.C. is broken. — Rick Perry
To me, the success of the cyberactivists in Tunisia is actually very interesting, because many of them explicitly rejected any support from Washington. — Evgeny Morozov
To the men in Washington, the world is just a giant Monopoly board. — Woody Harrelson
The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower or Washington, D.C. but Mr. Gehry… — Leon Krier
Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably house two Lincoln… — Leon Krier
The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about… — Ivan Krastev
I respect the office of the presidency, but I never worship at the shrines of our public servants... The Washington press corps has the privilege… — Helen Thomas
Had a dog. I had many. I grew up in rural Washington before I moved to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and my first dog… — Justin Kirk
The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing. — Penn Jillette
Barack Obama is not a man of The Gut, and it is driving official Washington crazy. This is a good thing, because resisting The Gut… — Charlie Pierce
To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people are… — Mark Leibovich
The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit. — Mark Leibovich
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of cohabitates… — Mark Leibovich
Washington has always had a pretty healthy amount of self-loathing. — Mark Leibovich

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