Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Gresham’s law to Homer
of a loss so overwhelming, 370
of the people, 892
and knavish game, 1039
where only one grew before, 30
Creative ideas do not spring from g., 898
old, 25
existence, 71
and defend it [liberty], 1079
on our g. to protect liberty, 1048
Put none but Americans on g. tonight, 1629
with jealous attention the public liberty, 1060
genius of Democracy, 1196
of our freedom, 1030
of the liberties and welfare of the people, 1037
of those interests, 468
administration of government, like a g., 712
Great men are the g., 816
punishment of his g., 1054
better 100 g. Persons should escape, 953
He declares himself g. who justifies himself before accusation, 837
He who flies proves himself g., 835
Let no g. man escape if it can be avoided, 467
of despicable actions, 849
every g. that is made, 403
Political power grows out of the barrel of a g., 1451
train your g. a little lower, 515
Turning and turning in the widening g., 454
I but serv’d my God with half the zeal / I serv’d my king, 705
is going to be written on my heart, 838
a loaf is better than a whole loaf, 252
a loaf was better than no bread, 252
epitaph, 830
Could, H. have been written by a committee, 898
be an anvil—or a h., 494
bite the h. that feeds them, 906
invisible h., 1344
Lend a H., 1434
that held the dagger, 113
Take things always by their smooth h., 1116
Don’t know what good they hold in their h., 880
excellence of what is in their h., 880
ready h. and keen swords, 1941
him with them, 908
sell us the rope to h. them with, 246
separately, 395
something in them which will h. him, 908
We must all h. together, 395
[if] I was being h., the crowd would be twice as big, 1277
when a man knows he is to be h. in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully, 369
of some working people by other working people, 980
make the right things h., 1636
What has once happened will invariably h. again, 855
moments of my life have been the few which I have past at home in the bosom of my family, 842
care of human life and h., 778
comes from humans through fellowship, 923
distraction from his h., 86
Greek definition of h., 567
health, without which there is no h., 851
in his knowledge that man has found his … h., 972
Joy is not the same as pleasure or h., 923
lend its [legislature’s] weight to the cause of virtue and h., 786
of man, 779
of mankind, 55
of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, 840
of society, 782
private rights and public h., 82
public employment contributes neither to advantage nor h., 842
pursuit of h., 396–397
right to the pursuit of h., 776
two roads that lead to something like human h., 845
who gave it [life] for h., 1091
accidents, 736
are all free peoples, 1233
die h., 1655
duty of being h., 473
highways where I went, 2093
incidents of the federal system, 1755
means to be free, 1948
mind is contented and h., 487
till all are h., 1350
to be h. oneself … make at least one other person h., 845
Union of these States is a wonder, 1854
as rock, 1109
virtues of courage, honor, … and h., 58
help, or at least do no h., 847
Persecution cannot h. him who stands by Truth, 1833
in h. way, 848
for God the energies of love, 1134
the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, 1134
thousand h. counsels, 937
cannot drive out h., 1893
I could never h. anyone I knew, 850
a man because he was born in another country, 1481
murder the hater, but you do not murder the h., 1893
nobody can h. America as much as native Americans, 881
time to love, and a time to h., 1810
trick their hearts with h., 457
Violence merely increases h., 1893
practice to avoid h. anyone, 849
we are turned to h., 1580
and animosity, 224
any h., 225
Where there is h., let me bring love, 1466
can’t h. what you choose, 205
eat your cake and have it too, 1335
more than we wanted to give, 2063
men are not made for save h., 1087
See also Pearl Harbor
let them eat h., 1347
fullness of life is in the h. of life, 1087
empties his purse into his h., 967
stone, 91
turn our h. the other way, 1746
time to kill, and a time to h., 1810
every American’s h., 801
without which there is no happiness, 851
the farthest drum, 811
the most distant drum, 811
Army-McCarthy, on decency, 1171
Brown, Harold, on defense spending, 400
Danielson, George E., on Watergate, 1394
Ervin, Sam, on Watergate, 705
Ford, Gerald R. on compromise, 255
Kennedy, Robert F., on black power, 116
MacArthur, Douglas, on communism, 247
Reischauer, Edwin O., on communism, 248
Rusk, Dean, on foreign aid, 612
Sandler, Bernice, on prejudice, 1483
Willkie, Wendell, on oratory, 1287
Wilson, Charles E., nomination of, 352
step to the music which he h., 905
and hand / To love, and serve, and keep the land, 1239
Calais lying in my h., 838
Haiti is going to be written on my h. 838
inaudible language of the h., 922
not in sorrow, but in gladness of h., 843
perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human h., 1359
shines like a great star in his breast, 921
stone of the h., 1659
to help, 959
bright and dear, 1239
deceitfulness of our h., 53
weary leagues two loving h. divide, 2034
were touched with fire, 2091
can’t stand the h., get out of the kitchen, 1513
snow, nor rain, nor h., nor gloom of night, 1439
thing to be supplied is light, not h., 937
and earth never agreed better, 189
Catholics can go to H., 897
choicest bounties of H., 53
going direct to H., 1818
if you wish to go to H., 897
precious boon of H., 1075
what’s a h. for, 1840
of absurdity in one generation, 2001
of wisdom in the next, 2001
gate of h., 1771
go to h., 327
going direct the other way, 1818
hottest places in h., 1211
if my fellow citizens want to go to H. I will help them, 327
is truth seen too late, 1830
road to h. is paved with them [good intentions], 291
Tyranny, like h., is not easily conquered, 1845
what in h. have you done for me lately, 1897
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of h. fire, 605
them help themselves, 623
government in the Western h., 243
situated in the Western h., 630
States in a h. then unknown, 1867
the people rule, 761
sir, the people govern, 762
are created by popular demand, 1556
glad that such h. have lived, 1730
mighty shoves of its h., 2029
King H. is my shepherd, 852
Don’t h. to be as revolutionary as science, 2025
impute uncertainty and h. to want of honesty, 2094
Plains of H., 1823
But he can’t h., 1651
and lonely office, 1494
privileges of h. office, 1522
happy h., 2093
should be fearless and incorruptible, 1748
analysis of the h. of mankind, 1957
becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe, 858
cannot escape h., 1701
comes, after they [underdogs] are long dead, and puts them on top, 822
eastward to realize h., 658
Emerson recedes grandly into h., 1297
endless repetition of h., 854
the final judge of our deeds, 7
Final judgment upon them can only be recorded by h., 253
for models of government, 716
furnishes one example only, 891
gives us a kind of chart, 853
greatness to bend h. itself, 179
hysterical hypochondriacs of h., 1553
If h. does not teach this, we have read it all wrong, 506
If h. repeats itself, 574
is on our side, 1989
land without h., 857
most creative statesmen in modern h., 1622
most gilded Golden Age of human h., 309
most rabid aggressor in human h., 2040
my reading of h. convinces me, 758
of liberty, 1080
of resistance, 1080
of this generation, 179
only nation [America] in h. which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration, 47
our own h. over again, 1648
peoples and governments never have learned anything from h., 570
portions of h. with which we are earliest familiar, 1071
presents a picture of uninterrupted struggle, 1957
proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, 750
sits in judgment of ours, 1604
strongest state that h. has known, 206
teaching which experience offers in h., 570
Thou Shalt Not Heed the Lessons of H., 441
warns us, 558
will record that this may have been one of America’s finest hours, 1884
pages but record / One death-grapple in the darkness, 1838
of little minds, 1194
endless series of h., 1421
nothing fast, 86
of righteous victory, 2061
What more flattering h. could we pay, 886
Happy H. Recipe, 844
the heart, the place of prayer, 1239
in the bosom of my family, 842
is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in, 860
Chians [honoured], though he was not their countryman, 1996