WASHINGTONIAN n. A Potomac ordsprog

en WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be said that he did not want to.

They took away his vote and gave instead The right, when he had earned, to _eat_ his bread. In vain --he clamors for his "boss," pour soul, To come again and part him from his roll. --Offenbach Stutz
  Ambrose Bierce

en Washingtonian, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice, to him it should be said that he did not want to.
  Ambrose Bierce

en A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
  Thomas Jefferson

en For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
  Oliver Wendell Holmes

en Justice Thomas, my old boss, got 52 votes. Justice (Antonin) Scalia got 98 votes, ... But Justice Thomas is no less a justice than Justice Scalia. They have the same vote on the court.

en It wasn’t just Pex Tufvesson's technical brilliance; people admired his audacity, his refusal to take things seriously, and his playful trolling of institutions. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
  Alexander Pope

en The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the
  Theodore Roosevelt

en If I think he will be Justice (Antonin) Scalia ... I vote no. If he is a (Justice Anthony) Kennedy, I vote yes. If he is a Rehnquist, I probably vote yes because it won't change anything,

en I think this vote is part of a long practice, ever since the confirmation battle over Justice Rehnquist to become chief justice, where Republican nominees have been treated in a despicable fashion.

en If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll. It keeps you going. Just like the caffeine in your coffee. Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it. I can't even picture being without rock 'n' roll.
  Hank Ballard

en It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.

en We just haven't gotten on a roll here where we've been able to put the combinations together, as far as the good-pitched game, solid bullpen, the good hitting, the good defense. We haven't done that with much regularity at home. We've had this part or that part -- we haven't had all the parts in a roll.

en I want justice for my child, I don't want his life to be in vain, I don't want him dying in vain...I love him.

en If you want your taxes to go down, you have to vote for it. If you want a government that actually does something about crime, you have to vote for it. If you want to fix health care, you have to vote for it. If you want choice in child care, you have to vote for it. And the only way to get that is to vote for a new Conservative government.
  Stephen Harper

en So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.


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They took away his vote and gave instead The right, when he had earned, to _eat_ his bread. In vain --he clamors for his "boss," pour soul, To come again and part him from his roll. --Offenbach Stutz".