#wash

'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them. ↗

— Edward Moore

#long #now #roses #sorrow #summer

I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't going to raise the debt ceiling, and then they went to Washington, D.C., and did exactly that. ↗

— Mick Mulvaney

#ceiling #debt #debt ceiling #did #embarrassed

I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment. ↗

— George Nethercutt

#anybody #establishment #i #i am #part

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#his #house #lincoln #nothing #practically

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out! ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#ever #get #i #out #since

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. ↗

— Elinor Ostrom

#having #ignored #importance #involved #involvement

Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#candidate #consider #days #elite #establishment

People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin. ↗

— Claiborne Pell

#box #coffin #leave #people #washington

As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up. ↗

— Tom Petri

#cover-up #gets #happens #most #often

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper? ↗

— Frank Pittman

#bears #changing #competent #corporations #diaper