#washington

Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was disappointed that the majority of the Massachusetts volunteers appeared to be thrill-seeking teenagers, British Army deserters and otherwise unemployed African Americans. Washington doubted that these volunteers would ever be able to stand up to the British. Much to Washington's surprise, the free black men soon proved to be exemplary soldiers. ↗

— C.L. Gammon

#revolution #washington #men

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim. ↗

— Linton Weeks

#libraries #washington-post #information

There’s a relentless wave of WTF coming out of Washington DC.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #crooked-politicians #politics #relentless #washington-dc

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. ↗

— Henry Adams

#darwin #evidence #evolution #grant #president

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force. ↗

— Michael P. Anderson

#air force #always #astronomy #aviation #best

Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#budget #done #often #policy #putting

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#capacity #effort #need #our #strengthen

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. ↗

— Fred Allen

#bad #competition #good #good actor #great

Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

#black #country #future #great #great men

Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end. ↗

— Leon Askin

#came #date #december #dream #end