#washing

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

— Mark Twain

#boy #commonest #could #even #george

The Republicans I know or the conservatives I know, they disagree with what the Republicans are doing in Washington because we are compromising too much. ↗

— Mo Brooks

#compromising #conservatives #disagree #doing #i

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

#also #ask #bureau #dubious #face

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

— Elinor Ostrom

#having #ignored #importance #involvement #just

Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#change #closed #disingenuous #doors #either

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

#apparently #because #been #continued #embellish

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#chop #cliche #come #guests #hang

A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#capital #concrete #even #guarantee #his

Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well. ↗

— Vicky Hartzler

#before #benefit #business #changes #cost

I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there. ↗

— Howard Baker

#attitudes #back #best #citizens #date