Quotes containing word "Washington"

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Definitions and meanings of word "Washington"

• Noun: the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

• Noun: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

• Noun: the federal government of the United States

• Noun: 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

• Noun: United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915)

Featured authors with quotes containing word "Washington"

Bob Woodward
8 quotes about Washington
American Author, Journalist, Editor
Born Friday 26 March 1943
Rick Perry
5 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Saturday 4 March 1950
John Boehner
5 quotes about Washington
American Politician, Speaker
Born Thursday 17 November 1949
Rob Portman
4 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Monday 19 December 1955
Paul Ryan
5 quotes about Washington
American Politician, Vice President
Born Thursday 29 January 1970
Michelle Malkin
5 quotes about Washington
American Writer, Author
Born Tuesday 20 October 1970
Sarah Palin
4 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Tuesday 11 February 1964
John Kasich
5 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Tuesday 13 May 1952
David Dewhurst
3 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Saturday 18 August 1945
Barack Obama
3 quotes about Washington
American President
Born Friday 4 August 1961
Rick Larsen
4 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Tuesday 15 June 1965
Cathy McMorris
4 quotes about Washington
American Politician
Born Thursday 22 May 1969

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

Daniel Okrent

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This is his solution: He said all we need to do is take your tax dollars, send them to Washington, have Washington take out its cut, having Washington then send it back to the states, have the states then go out and hire public employees. Does that make sense to you? Is that how to get the economy moving?

Rob Portman

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But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.

Donna Rice

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I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

Esther Dyson

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We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

Kristi Noem

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Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country.

Sarah Palin

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Raising taxes doesn't create jobs, and this is a common sense thing. Washington doesn't get it. They believe if they take more money and send it to Washington, D.C. somehow they create wealth. It doesn't work.

Kevin Yoder

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Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, 'Who lost America?'

Eric Liu

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But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

John Cornyn

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This is a choice, ladies and gentleman, between Texas and Washington. Most of Ted Cruz's money comes from Washington, from outside the state of Texas, and they've run millions and millions of untrue ads against me.

David Dewhurst

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But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

Mark Kennedy

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Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington.

Mike Lowry

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Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.

Rand Paul

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My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

Barack Obama

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Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.

Betty Ford

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So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.

Daniel Nathans

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I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate.

Rick Perry

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Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

Ken Salazar

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I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.

Bill Gates

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I think we need people in Washington who really have more of a sense of a George Washington approach to it, which is to serve and go home. I think far too many of both parties see it as a career. And I don't think that's good for our country.

Scott Rigell

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