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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Abolition of slavery to America |
| Abolition of slavery. See Slavery. |
| Abortions, 1085 |
| Abraham children of the Stock of A., 670 |
| Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as a. power, 1448 power corrupts absolutely, 1443 |
| Absurdity height of a. in one generation, 2001 |
| Abundance restless in the midst of a., 86 to selfishness, 1238 |
| Abuse dies in a day, 672 |
| Abyss of the human species, 213 sink into the a. of a new Dark Age, 2055 |
| Acceptance of every consequence of living and dying, 1127 |
| Accident prominence not through luck or by mere a., 281 |
| Accidents judge … by its general tendency, not by happy a., 736 |
| Account authentic moderately conceivable a., 1035 |
| Accountable individual is not a. to society, 649 |
| Accusation guilty who justifies himself before a., 837 |
| Accuses who excuses himself, a. himself, 837 |
| Achieve I asked God for strength, that I might a., 1477 political power and do big things, 1361 seek to a. good in their own small corner of the world, 1361 |
| Achievement in public life, 97 jail sentence is no longer a dishonor but a proud a., 221 love and a., 845 reward a. in the arts as we reward a. in business or statecraft, 96 triumph of high a., 10 |
| Achievements Enjoy your a. as well as your plans, 1114 noble deeds and high a., 502 |
| Achilles see the great A., 575 |
| Acres of Diamonds speech, 817, 1201 |
| Act as you breathe, 2 character of every a. depends upon the circumstances, 675 from honest motives purely, 1126 Man is … born to a., 869 not only for the moment but for our time, 1815 only according to that maxim, 1010 promptly, 6 quick to a., 2092 to a. is to affirm the worth of an end, 869 to the best of my judgment, 300 unless they a., 1 unwillingness to a., 854 |
| Action, 1–14 freedom as the principal means of a., 2045 is a lack of balance, 3 justice is truth in a., 952 liberty of thought and a., 671 Life is a., 1115 life is a. and passion, 1088 life of a., 11 man of a., 2–3 of the enemy is judged by one standard, 933 vital necessity of a. today, 1772 what is meant by a., 3 would be simple and effective, 854 See also Doing |
| Actions my a. did belie my tongue, 1019 not accountable to society for his a., 649 |
| Activism generation before us was inspired by an a., 697 |
| Acts of God, 701 to improve the lot of others, 8 |
| Adam another A. and Eve, 1259 |
| Adams, John (1735–1826), 1018 |
| Adams, Samuel (1722–1803), 1630 |
| Addict The Psalm of the A., 852 |
| Administer the affairs of government, 1683 |
| Administering the government, 1670 |
| Administration a chance to catch up with legislation, 2025 Art of Legislation and A., 481 Bad a., to be sure, can destroy good policy, 1372 good a. can never save bad policy, 1372 government is distinctive from a., 734 no a.,… can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years, 735 oppose the particular principles and methods of a., 734 will be remembered in spite of ourselves, 1701 |
| Administrative power of a. bodies, 582 |
| Adultery Do not a. commit, 1805 Thou shalt not commit a., 1804 |
| Advancement of the arts, 1532 |
| Adventure life and death are parts of the same Great A., 1121 Life for him was an a., 1087 spirit of enterprise and a., 658 To die will be an awfully big a., 988 |
| Adventures bold a. abroad and witch hunts at home, 580 |
| Adversity partners in a., 1667 |
| Advertisements vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous a., 313 |
| Advice about the main matter, 1269 pass on to this Congress a., 888 to your children, 197 whatever a. you give, be brief, 2000 |
| Advise he can a. me … but [let him] come with me into Macedonia, 1928 no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme, 239 |
| Aemilius Paulus, Lucius (229?–160 B.C.) 1928, 1941 |
| Aerodynamics theory of a., 604 |
| Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.), 1087 |
| Affluence, 15–18 |
| Affluent less livable as it becomes more a., 16 misery, 17 most a. slum on earth, 18 society, 18, 1896 |
| Africa, 1609 all the armies of Europe, Asia, and A. combined, 406 American frontier has been on the coasts of … A., 2064 cultures of Asia and the continent of A., 182 peoples of Asia, A.,… can destroy it piece by piece, 1927 |
| Afterwards heavy curse on those who come a., 697 |
| Again cannot come a., 2093 will invariably happen a., 855 |
| Against what we are a., 107 |
| Age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, 474 her real a., 2018 is forgiven nothing, 2098 it was the a. of wisdom, it was the a. of foolishness, 1818 Men of a. object too much, consult too long, 2084 middle a., 2016 misery of old a., 21 never trust a woman who tells one her real a., 2018 of Pericles … Phidias … Lorenzo de Medici … Leonard da Vinci … Elizabeth … Shakespeare, 97 Old a. isn’t so bad, 20 sink into the abyss of a new Dark A., 2055 some men lift the a. they inhabit, 814 when man goes stooping and querulous because of the nothing that is left of him, 921 which forgives itself everything, 2098 |
| Aged, 19–26 |
| Aggressive fighting for the right, 1637 |
| Agitation favor freedom and yet deprecate a., 443 |
| Agitators talk against the things considered holy, 1642 |
| Agony going through this quiet a. all over again, 288 wars are the glory and the a. of the young, 1920 |
| Agree men and women a., 2015 |
| Agricultural governments will remain virtuous … as long as they are chiefly a., 726 products of … Illinois, 149 |
| Agriculture, 27–31 nothing better becomes a well-bred man than a., 28 |
| Aim high in hope and work, 1360 much higher than their mark, 825 of government is liberty, 785 of government is not to rule, 785 with one lustrous a., 915 with the aid of so high an a., to attain their purpose, 825 |
| Air vulnerable reserves of a. and soil, 477 |
| Alamo, 32 |
| Alaska, 33 |
| Albany, New York voice that shall be heard from here to A., 1745 |
| Alcohol, 34–38 Protocol, a. and Geritol, 1858 |
| Algiers from the dey of A., 614 |
| All animals are equal, 553 deliberate speed, 1758 for one, one for all, 1862 men are created equal, 219, 396–397, 462 that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother, 1225 the men and women merely players, 1158 the world’s a stage, 1158 |
| Alleghenies Europe extends to the A., 557 |
| Allegiance Athenian Ephebic Oath, 100 my a. is to this Union and to my State, 267 my love and my devotion, 1364 pledge a. to the Flag, 1363 to Germany, 883 |
| Alliance between one millionaire and many beggars, 39 |
| Alliance for Progress, 39 |
| Alliances entangling a. with none, 619 |
| Allied victory, 234 |
| Allies, 40–42 no eternal a., 42 on the Continent, 40 |
| Ally of a prince more powerful than himself, 1449 |
| Alone None goes his way a., 136 |
| Alphabet, 1536 |
| Altar of Freedom, 370 |
| Ambition direction in which talent and a. flow, 1718 is the last refuge of the failure, 590 scope of human a., 1745 |
| Ambitious be reasonably a. to have it [money], 1201 |
| Amendment eighteenth a., 37 first a., 167, 1015, 1261 nineteenth a., 2013 tenth a., 633 to the constitution, 332, 339, 384, 1711 twenty-second a., 1569 |
| Amenity river is more than an a., it is a treasure, 1645 |
| America, 43–70 become a second-rate power, 1885 Bless our land, 1468 business of A. is business, 140 cause of A. is a revolutionary cause, 1615 Cease to brag to me of A., 45 dictatress of the world, 613 distresses in A., 1200 doctrine that is alien to A., 640 farther away from A. than I could be on some foreign shore, 1973 fingers which are now being pointed toward A., 1254 frontier of A. is on the Rhine, 2064 glory of the people of A., 82 greatness and genius of A., 829 has a unique record, 1944 has been reared for immortality, 63 has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration, 47 heart of A. is felt less here [Washington, D.C.], 1973 I see A., 59 if A. ever ceases to be good, A. will cease to be great, 829 if A. had stayed out of the war, 2046 If she forgets where she came from, 60 if we lose the virile, manly qualities, 226 in A., the President reigns … and Journalism governs, 1524 in which people can still get rich, 1384 is a fabulous country, 69 is a great, and in many respects a blessed and hopeful phenomenon, 45 is a great, unwieldy Body, 44 is better than every other country, 1308 is great because she is good, 829 is no better than any other country, 1308 is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, 884 is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth, 2049 is the only idealistic nation in the world, 871 is the paradise of lawyers, 1014 like a young phoenix, 1067 lost here in A., 67 might become the dictatress of the world, 613 nation of hucksters, 226 nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions, 1482 needs new immigrants, 881 not for A. alone, 56 not only the problems of A., 621 now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness, 1302 people of A. believe in American institutions, 73 percentage of fools in this country, 606 plague A. with misery in the name of liberty, 1047 promise of A., 68 proud of what A. has meant to himself and to the world, 54 secret of atomic energy does not belong to A., 1254 there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be, 613 to remain master of her power, 1311 turning A. into a prison house of the spirit, 18 virtues that made A., 58 voice of A., 66, 74 what A. means, 349 what are you [America] going to do with all these things, 51 when A. was the most powerful nation in the world, 1140 where religious intolerance will someday end, 669 which commands respect throughout the world, 96 which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, 104 wilds of A., 88 will enter its third century, 1617 will one day go fascist democratically, 1907 will rise full plumed and glorious from her mother’s ashes, 1067 would be the first to claim, 1346 would involve herself … in all the wars of interest and intrigue, 613 young people of A., 2096 zealous in the cause of A., 1620 See also United States |
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