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From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
Sometimes in Washington you get a little disconnected. I want to make sure I know what people are actually doing each day.
Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.
I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.
Covering Capitol Hill was my first assignment in political journalism, and I still think it is the best beat in Washington.
It's the oldest trick in Washington - when presented with a policy solution you don't like, characterize it as the bogeyman.
A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren't dependent on Washington doing something different.
There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.
The reason people like the Young Turks is because we say things you're not allowed to say in Washington that are obviously true.
Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for - integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships.
What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that.
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
There's nothing greener than Washington state. They have the most beautiful vegetation on the planet. And the water is so clean.
If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.
Between the fundraising, being away from family, the environment of hyperpartisanship, Washington is really stressing people out.
A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.
I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.
In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.
You can't go to Washington as a congressman and a senator and expect to make a difference all at once. You have to earn your way.
Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.
We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.
Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that workin' for you?
For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.
We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.
If you think your average Trump voter in Ohio hates Washington, you should see what Washington thinks about the Trump voter in Ohio.
I don't think for one second anyone believes the 'Washington Post' and 'New York Times' are anything but aggressively against Trump.
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.
'Ghost Canoe' takes place on the storm-tossed tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where I spent a lot of time hiking and exploring.
Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.
Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
In its early days, Trump's presidency ought to be viewed as the arduous start to the complicated task of draining the Washington swamp.
I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working, as a kid.
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it.
We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.
If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
Both parties in Washington waste too much of your money. When I worked there, I helped expose waste and abuse by government contractors.
In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'
A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'
If funding for DHS is delayed, it will have a grave effect on Washington's economy as commerce grinds to a halt along the Canadian border.
Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.
Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation.