Quotes About Washington

I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.

Some of the United States' enemies now assume, perhaps rightly, that we hate each other so much that we'd sooner collaborate with them than do the difficult work of listening to each other. It doesn't need to be this way - but national recovery won't come from Washington. It has to start with you.

In the years after the War of Independence, historian paid scant attention to the Siege of Fort Mifflin, primarily because, Martin believed 'there was no Washington, Putnam, or Wayne there.' 'Had there been,' he conjecture, 'the affair would have been extolled to the skies.' As Martin and the five hundred defenders of Fort Mifflin had learned first-hard, 'great men get great priase, little men nothing.

Lee wrote, "[and] lament with you that fatal indecision of mind which in war is a much greater disqualification than stupidity or even want of personal courage. . . . Eternal defeat and miscarriage must attend the man of the best parts if cursed with indecision." Washington was as aware as

Therefore, Washington, Moscow, Beijing, and all other places that were powerful symbols of mortal-age government have been treated by me with indifference Ã¢â'¬â€œ as if they no longer matter to the world.

Washington was still a place to be respected, but only in the way that we respect crumbling antiquity.

Washington les hizo caso. En abril de 2012 el presidente Obama incluyó la financiación colectiva en la Ley Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS). Dicha ley facilita a las empresas pequeñas

We all went up to Washington on a mission to change things. What I found is that the Founding Fathers set it up where it's a little more difficult to do. We've got the Senate and the president to deal with.

I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.

Mr. President, I will transmit your message within the hour. Please keep in mind, however, the time differential between Washington and Moscow—" "I know that a weekend has just begun, and that the Soviet Union is a worker's paradise, but I expect that some of your country's managers may still be at work.

Civil rights demonstration in Washington, DC, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy speaking to crowd, June 14, 1963 (Warren

South Dakota boosters had unsuccessfully tried to make a case for moving the U.S. capital from Washington DC to South Dakota, citing the latter's balmy weather and gentle Chinook winds as healthier than Washington's humid atmosphere.

The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.

Sweet had also been in Washington, D.C., during the Red Summer 1919, when police allowed whites to rampage for days slaughtering black people. The tide turned only after returning African American veterans had seen enough, polished their rifles, and began shooting.93

Washington had also asked that the Bible on which he would swear his oath come from the nearby St. John's Masonic Lodge. The choice carried a more private symbolism, for Washington, like many of the Revolutionary leadership, had long been a member of the secret society know as the Freemasons. With little or no attachment to any church, Washington had two intense organizational commitments: Freemasonry and the Society of the Cincinnati.

But Greg wasn't a Republican like a person who votes to the right. No, he was a Republican like I was Princess Leia. He was a Republican by profession. Because how many gay Republican drug users do you know? . . . Oh that's right, lots and lots. But Greg was really in on the ground floor of the whole gay Republican movement that's so prevalent in Washington today.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

When I returned to Washington in January 1983, I felt that I should not try to spend the rest of my working life in the Senate. I didn't know exactly when, but I knew that at some point I would term-limit myself. I would leave while the people of Maine wanted me to stay rather than wait until they asked me to leave.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

You know what's interesting about Washington It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing Constitution of a country

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.

To please everybody is impossible were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.