Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything - it can stop the Vietnam War, it can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.

Antonin Scalia

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The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture.

Henry Rollins

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I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.

Will Rogers

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Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

Henry Rollins

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We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.

Howard Schultz

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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.

Ralph Nader

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There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

Bill Gates

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In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

Elon Musk

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I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.

Elizabeth Warren

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America's middle class is getting hammered, and Washington is rigged to work for the big guy.

Elizabeth Warren

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I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.

Elizabeth Warren

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Despite what Washington thinks or does on this 15th anniversary, we the people will never forget those who perished and the lessons learned on Sept. 11, 2001.

Chuck Norris

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There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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.

George W. Bush

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I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

Harry S Truman

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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

P. J. O'Rourke

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You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

Harry S Truman

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Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.

Isoroku Yamamoto

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Success of bitcoin and the exchanges that deal in it could be interpreted by some to mean the demise of central banks, Wall Street, and the Washington insiders who trade on inside information and market manipulation.

Max Keiser

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I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

Muhammad Ali

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Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.

Yitzhak Rabin

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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

Nancy Pelosi

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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Nancy Pelosi

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Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.

Nora Ephron

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If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see.

Paula Abdul

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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

Kenny G

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I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington.

Ricky Martin

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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

Robert Orben

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The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Ron Paul

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In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality

Henry Kissinger

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After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.

Ron Chernow

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There were 900 books on Washington when I began writing on him.

Ron Chernow

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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.

James Buchanan

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I believe that loyalty is a cardinal virtue. Nowhere in the world is loyalty so little revered and tittle-tattle so greatly venerated as in Washington.

James Carville

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I'm so grateful to be endorsed by the LGBTQ VictoryFund and I look forward to using my voice and my vote to meet the urgency of this moment, and to bring much needed queer inter sectional leadership to Washington.

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Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything - it can stop the Vietnam War, it can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.

Antonin Scalia

The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture.

Henry Rollins

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.

Will Rogers

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

Henry Rollins

We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.

Howard Schultz

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.

Ralph Nader

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

Bill Gates

Elon Musk

I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.

Elizabeth Warren

America's middle class is getting hammered, and Washington is rigged to work for the big guy.

Elizabeth Warren

I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.

Elizabeth Warren

Despite what Washington thinks or does on this 15th anniversary, we the people will never forget those who perished and the lessons learned on Sept. 11, 2001.

Chuck Norris

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.

George W. Bush

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

Harry S Truman

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

P. J. O'Rourke

Harry S Truman

Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. We would have to march into Washington and sign the treaty in the White House.

Isoroku Yamamoto

Success of bitcoin and the exchanges that deal in it could be interpreted by some to mean the demise of central banks, Wall Street, and the Washington insiders who trade on inside information and market manipulation.

Max Keiser

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

Muhammad Ali

Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington.

Yitzhak Rabin

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

Nancy Pelosi

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Nancy Pelosi

Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.

Nora Ephron

If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see.

Paula Abdul

Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

Kenny G

I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington.

Ricky Martin

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

Robert Orben

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Ron Paul

In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality

Henry Kissinger

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.

Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow

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.

James Buchanan

I believe that loyalty is a cardinal virtue. Nowhere in the world is loyalty so little revered and tittle-tattle so greatly venerated as in Washington.

James Carville

I'm so grateful to be endorsed by the LGBTQ VictoryFund and I look forward to using my voice and my vote to meet the urgency of this moment, and to bring much needed queer inter sectional leadership to Washington.

Alex Morse

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