Washington monument Quote by Jack Goldstein

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…

— Pat Robertson

...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the…

— Josephine Baker

“There is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, if you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living…

— George Will

“To visit the Tower, then, is to enter into contact not with a historical Sacred, as is the case for the majority of monuments,…

— Roland Barthes

I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

— Claes Oldenburg

“fair. Washington laid claim to the honor on grounds it was the center of government, New York because it was the center of everything.…

— Erik Larson

“I often wonder why, when governments and communities erect monuments to heroes, they forget to erect one to the honour of the Pioneer.”

— Frederick de la Fosse

Look how long it took to build the Freedom Tower, and we wanted that. It took 15 years.

— Bill Burr

The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.

— Roger Zelazny

The building is absolutely stunning. It is a magnificent and important piece of architecture that contributes greatly to the cultural landscape of Washington. It…

— Zelda Fichandler

“...That, however, was not what our scholar was concerned to prove; for he maintained that the Great Wall alone would provide for the first…

— Franz Kafka

“Granite from New Hampshire has been used in construction at Arlington National Cemetery, the Library of Congress, New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, and Civil War…

— Lori Baird