Washington Monument Quotes

• It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and we say this is one nation under God.

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  Pat Robertson

  America   Washington Monument   Looks  

  "Pat Robertson: Crack In Washington Monument A Sign From God, Earthquake Signals Coming Of Christ" by Paige Lavender, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.

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  Arnold Bennett

  Washington Monument   Saws   Monument  

  Arnold Bennett (1935). “The journal of Arnold Bennett”, Viking Press

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• A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great Britain and America? Blinks of an eye...The very oldest root of civilization, at least of Western civilization, is Egypt. Look at the pyramid on the dollar bill. Look at the Washington Monument—the world’s largest Egyptian obelisk. Egypt is still.......very much alive.

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  Rick Riordan

  Baby   Powerful   Eye  

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• In all my shows, I'm not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. I'm always interested in trying to get the culture of the place - trying to get it right.

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  David Nevins

  Memorial   Trying   Washington Monument  

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• It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through the heat, stretching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.

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  Yvette Clarke

  Rights   August   Memorial  

  "Black History Is American History" by Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2010.

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• There's as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with the Washington Monument tied to its tail.

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  Morris Sheppard

  War   Drug   Washington Monument  

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• There, in the middle of this mall is the Washington Monument, 555 feet high. But if we put a one in front of that 555 feet, we get 1555, the year that our first fathers landed on the shores of Jamestown, Virginia as slaves.

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  Louis Farrakhan

  Father   Stupid   Humorous  

  Louis Farrakhan's speech at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., www.cnn.com. October 17, 1995.

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