Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The Supreme Court Building

"Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability."
- Sandra Day O'Connor

The Capitol Building

"Knowledge with forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison

The Library of Congress

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind o library."
- Jorge Luis Borges

The Smithsonian

"Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once."
- Audrey Hepburn

Washington Monument

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force.
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
- George Washington

Old Post Office Building



"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."
- James Fallows

Jonah By the River

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
- Heraclitus