The responsible intellectual who moves between his campus and Washington knows, above all, that his task is, in the language of the current generation, to 'cool it'.
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You have to get up early that morning and work until late that night and send down to Washington a man who will support the programs of Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Johnson--Bob Kennedy.
I did not realize--which shows the advantage of getting out of Washington--I did not realize until I began to look up some of the details of O'Hare what an extraordinary effort this has been, the largest airport in the world here in the…
It is a great pleasure to leave Washington, where I am lectured to by professors, to come to Costa Rica where I can speak to students.
You have been very generous and we appreciate all the presents and we will try to make sure that your visit to Washington brings useful results.
It is a great pleasure to welcome you and Madame Betancourt to Washington and especially here at the White House.
This country cannot survive unless the political leaders, those who seek positions of responsibility, are willing to tell the people the truth, and you cannot hide the truth in all the department agencies in Washington.
We are running in this campaign train not only toward the city of Los Angeles, but we are running this campaign train all the way to Washington.
Washington was to become the capital of the world--the free world, that Washington was to be the most interesting city in the world so far as free government is concerned.
You asked me in your letter to speak for you and all the other housewives, who aren't represented here in Washington by any lobby organization.
I would say if they can come here and have a good time, and go away without using up too much gas, and without 'discombobolating' Washington, it would be all right.
I think that argument is about on a par with other arguments that are set up by the Cliveden set of Washington.
Washington is the worst rumor factory, and therefore the source of more lies that are spoken and printed throughout the United States than any other community.
It has been settled that the offices of the Republican National Committee should be removed from Washington and established at Chicago and New York.
It would seem desirable that the Governors of the different Federal Reserve banks should proceed in a similar manner, and as soon as the chairman of such committees are known, I shall be glad to invite them to Washington in order that the…
I will invite them to Washington in order that the whole problem may be put on a national basis.
To you more than anyone else we entrust the translation of Washington to our children.
The true eulogy of Washington is this mighty Nation.