Washington Quotes

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

There is a real sense of cynicism about the level of corruption in Washington. The feeling among public is it is endemic.

Any American who watches Korea in Washington will watch closely how it will unfold.

The risk of this agreement is exactly what many hawks in Washington had warned about. You reduce the sense of urgency and let people grow comfortable with the status quo.

Washington is certainly concerned that Seoul's North Korean policy will lean further to the left.

I talk to friends in Allentown, in Philadelphia, in Washington, D.C., and they all follow Gerry. Kids everywhere love him, maybe because he looks like a kid himself.

I think a very important date is when the PM (prime minister) of Japan visits Washington.

Our obligation is to seek justice on behalf of the citizens of the state of Washington. I think this offer reflects the nature of what happened and the seriousness of the consequences expected to be paid for such an act.

Administration officials took to telling reporters that Washington was contributing to a public-health initiative in Uganda to clean up more than ten thousand Rwandan corpses from the shores of Lake Victoria.

Washington opened a Pandora's box, intensifying intermingled conflicts, such as ethnic and religious ones.

God has heard our prayers and the doors have been opening in Washington for the government of the United States to listen to all our concerns and suggestions about the wet foot-dry foot policy.

Our core markets in the Greater Washington, DC region are strong, as evidenced by the 9% and 10% same store NOI growth for the last two quarters, respectively, as well as our 2.1 million square feet of leasing activity for 2005. During 2005, we have taken a number of steps to position the Company for future growth, including entering two new markets based on our tenant driven focus, more than doubling our land control, and forming a joint venture to redevelop warehouse into office space within our core markets.

cleanup drive in Washington, to break the grip of the permanent corporate government that makes good people in the Congress not fulfill their own potential.

[Richard Bloch , an arbitrator based in Washington who worked on cases of NHL salary arbitration for a decade, said,] It's a good sign that they are meeting; we're all hoping there is a way out of it. ... I'm very much in favor of having these things done with attention to each other rather than public posturing. A lot gets done when it is done quietly and in good faith.

People come to Washington believing it's the center of power. I know I did. It was only much later that I learned that Washington is a steering wheel that's not connected to the engine.

Washington... has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.

There's nothing we know about the physical universe that could account for how the prayers of someone in Washington, D.C., could influence the health of a group of people in Iowa -- nothing whatsoever.

John started the season injured, then he went out to Washington to visit his father, so he was out of the loop. Then when he finally came back, he ran into a sickness. He?s been up-and-down all season for us, and obviously he came to play tonight. I feel really good for him.

I guess I don't have to tell you that we've got a huge mess in Washington.

The storm is expected to weaken and move on later tonight to Washington -- which already is experiencing 50 mph wind gusts.

That projection assumes the growth rate in the county will slow down. Washington County will still be one of the major growth counties in the state and nation.

Washington seems determined to deter not only a Chinese attack but also provocative Taiwan independence moves.

It's business as usual in Washington. The feeding frenzy for reform right now is mostly a war of words.

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