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To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.

Warren R. Austin
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If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate -- jeez. Yes, let's have more testosterone running the country.Maximum Ride, School's Out--Forever

James Patterson
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It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves.Another tool to cause misery in our district. A way to plant hatred between the starving workers [of the Seam] and those who can generally count on supper and thereby ensure we will never trust one another.

Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. A refusal to play the Hunger Games by the Capitol's rules. My private agenda dovetails completely with my public one. And if I really could save Peeta... in terms of a revolution, this would be ideal. Because I will be more valuable dead. They can turn me into some kind of martyr for the cause and paint my face on banners, and it will do more to rally people than anything I could do if I was living. But Peeta would be more valuable alive, and tragic, because he will be able to turn his pain into words that will transform people.

Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
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I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women and children. There will be no survivors." The shock I've been feeling begins to give way to fury. "I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there's a cease-fire, you're deluding yourself. Because you know who they are and what they do." My hands go out automatically, as if to indicate the whole horror around me. "This is what they do and we must fight back!""President Snow says he's sending a message. Well I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?" One of the cameras follows where I point to the planes burning on the roof of a warehouse across from us. "Fire is catching!" I am shouting now, determined he will not miss a word of it, "And if we burn, you burn with us!

Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
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I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.

Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
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If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on

Abraham Lincoln
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Energy cogeneration on Capitol Hill makes economic and environmental sense and should be pursued for those reasons.

Ander Crenshaw
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The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.

Grace Abbott
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Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

Michelle Malkin
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