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Like it or not, the people of Arkansas sent me to Washington to represent them in this great body.
— Mark Pryor
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
— Pope Francis
He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.
— Washington Irving
He found Washington at once august and disgusting.
— John Taliaferro
We need to fix Washington, D.C. and states need to fix their sanctuary policies. That's the problem.
— Russell Pearce
We (actors) don't really change the world. We reflect it ... but Washington really changes the world.
— Martin Sheen
They who drink beer will think beer.
— Washington Irving
My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.
— Leon Panetta
If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be a Christian. Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist — George Washington
We must revamp K-12 education law to ensure Washington does not stand in the way of meaningful reforms.
— John Kline
Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.
— Denzel Washington
I am not homophobic - in no way, shape or form.
— Isaiah Washington
For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.
— Elliott Abrams
The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.
— George Washington
During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.
— Mike Quigley
At the end of the day, Obamacare is bad for America. Washington, D.C., exempted themselves. U.S. senators still do not have to be on Obamacare.
— Tim Huelskamp
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
— Denzel Washington
It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.
— George Washington
Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.
— Denzel Washington
Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.
— Tom Douglas
Boys go to Washington to be somebody ... men go to do something.
— John J. McCloy
At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
— Bernie Sanders
George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear
— George Washington
The greatness of action includes immoral as well as moral greatnessCortes and Napoleon, as well as Luther and Washington. — Edwin Percy Whipple
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
— George Washington
Partisanship may be King in Washington - but the rest of us don't have to pay tribute.
— Michael Bloomberg
Excellence does not begin in Washington.
— Ronald Reagan
Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.
— Denzel Washington
I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market.
— George Washington
Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.
— Mitt Romney
If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
— Denzel Washington
Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.
— James Hansen
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
— George Washington
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
— George Washington
Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get the job done.
— Rahm Emanuel
Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful, and most noble employment of man
— George Washington
Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination.
— Washington Irving
If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country.
— Mark Steyn
God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!
— James A. Garfield
Forget public service. We all come here with good intentions, but as time passes, it becomes all about self-service and selfish survival.
— Congressman X
I used to have a phrase: Liberalism is spreading misery equally. And now the ruling class throughout Washington seems to have adopted this.
— Rush Limbaugh
Discipline is the soul of an army.
— George Washington
I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
— George Washington
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.
— Booker T. Washington
The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.
— Washington Irving
But what courage can withstand the ever-during and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue?
— Washington Irving
The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.
— Denzel Washington
For $60, I once bought a neck massage at a 'massage parlor' that advertised in 'The Washington Post.'
— Gene Weingarten
The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.
— Marion Barry
(I'm) the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.
— Benjamin Carson
Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
— Booker T. Washington
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
— Dean Acheson
It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.
— George W. Bush
Be courteous to all, but personal with number of, and allow those couple be perfectly attempted ahead of you provide them with your self-assurance.
— George Washington
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God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
— George Washington Carver
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
— Tony Goldwyn
I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!
— Denzel Washington
Washington is unpredictable these days.
— Steve Wynn
We'll have to marshal our forces in Washington. It won't be easy. That doesn't mean it can't be done.
— Zev Yaroslavsky
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
— Denzel Washington
The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.
— Rob Bishop
To those who have not yet learned the secret of true happiness, begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.
— George Washington Carver
Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
— Denzel Washington
I know that my heart and my family are here in California, not in Washington, D.C.
— Antonio Villaraigosa
You can't change Washington from the inside, you can only change it from the outside.
— Barack Obama
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
— George Washington
Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.
— Denzel Washington
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
— George Washington
On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.
— George W. Bush
Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.
— Harold Washington
My mother used to tell me: "You gotta smile more. Because if you don't smile, the way you look at people, they'll think you're mad at them."
— Denzel Washington
A study in the Washington Post says that women havebetter verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the
authors of that study: 'Duh. — Conan O'Brien
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
— Washington Irving
I want to thank the people of Texas for asking me to represent them in Washington.
— Kay Bailey Hutchison
Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty.
— Russell Baker
I'm not a Washington person.
— Elizabeth Warren
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
— Mark Batterson
A wise woman knows the importance of speaking life into her man. If you love him; believe in him, encourage him and be his peace.
— Denzel Washington
She was back in western Washington state, where rain was so prevalent that a day of sunshine was the lead story on the local news.
— Susan Mallery
I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
— George Washington
I have only been an instrument in the hands of Providence.
— George Washington
