#washington

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#either #every #every man #give #growing

Washington is unpredictable these days. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#these #unpredictable #washington

You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#because #fight #fighters #fights #frankly

I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years. ↗

— David Guterson

#here #i #i was born #lived #plus

For a bill to become law, it truly has to be the will of the people, and for a president to stop the will of the people and stop what you're trying to do in your state is not the role of Washington. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#bill #law #people #president #role

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#both #both sides #defeat #followed #military

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#battling #code #countryside #down #economic

If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#going #populist #washington #you

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral. ↗

— Simon Hoggart

#dinner party #formal #funeral #imperial #japanese