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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Lie to Majority |
| Lie all men who say yes, l., 1272 enemy of the truth is very often not the l., but the myth, 1268 a jay will l., 305 let the l. / Have time on its own to fly, 1805 murder the liar, but you cannot murder the l., 1893 no l. can live forever, 220 right of the Government to l., 1083 small l., a big l. and politics, 1769 told them a civil l., 1543 With words we l., 1856 |
| Lied man to whom you have l. may be angry, 1543 |
| Lies, 1082–1083 about the Democrats, 1387 about the Republican party, 1387 damned l., and statistics, 1769 three kinds of l., 1769 |
| Life, 1084–1106 all that a man hath will he give for his l., 1725 all that l. really means, 1104 and death are parts of the same Great Adventure, 1121 and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, 396 angle of vision, 1086 as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits, 912 As soon as there is l. there is danger, 1819 bare l. is furnished by one, 482 bargained with L. for a penny, 1099 bloodless substitute for l., 133 born to live, not to prepare for l., 1120 confronted L. with antique Courage, 549 courage of l. is often a less dramatic spectacle, 355 ethic of Reverence for L., 1101 for him was an adventure, 1087 for making it worth having, 2011 forsake l. in the fresh air, 125 fullness of l. is in the hazards of l., 1087 get-rich-quick theory of l., 58 given l. that I might enjoy all things, 1477 Giver of l., 1091 has been as an open book, 519 hear l. murmur, or see it glisten, 2072 I have but one l. to lose for my country, 1304 I will drink / L. to the lees, 575 in the Soviet Union, 1656 in the U.S.A., 1656 increase in l. span, 22 inequity in l., 1092 invisible germ of l., 1752 involves suffering and transitoriness, 1093 is a banquet, 1094 is a just employer, 1099 is a profound and passionate thing, 2091 is a roar of bargain and battle, 1115 is a romantic business, 1089 is action, 1115 is action and passion, 1088 is more than stocks and bonds, 684 is not so important as the duties of life, 1098 is so generous a giver, 1467 is sunshine, 687 is unfair, 1092 liberty and the pursuit of happiness, 397 liberty or property are [not] safe while the Legislature is in session, 1041 live a long l., 572 make gentle the l. of this world, 1864 many things in l. that are not fair, 1085 more to l. than measuring its speed, 1480 my inner and outer l. are based on the labors of other men, 1603 necessary misfortune of l., 1785 new l. to those years, 22 new years to l., 22 other ensures a good l., 482 piled on life / Were all too little, 575 plain way of l. … promotes thrift and prosperity, 796 quality of the Nation’s l., 2028 rest of your l., 1825 reverence for l., 1214 search out the deep truth of l., 1664 she made l. poetry for me, 2006 should go on, 1100 slow atrophy of a l., 183 so dear, or peace so sweet, 1061 so must I never live my l. for itself, 1102 spend your l. in your own way, 1783 stifled by useless shadows, 183 to sweeten, to adorn, and to embellish l., 1663 under sentence of l., 196 Unrest of spirit is a mark of l., 1096 was larger than before, 1686 way of l., 56 what a man is thinking of all day, 1086 What is l., 1086 would pay no more, 1099 Youth is not a time of l., 2099, 2095 |
| Life’s not what I thought it, 33 |
| Light angel of l. compared to that man, 1457 electric l. the most efficient of policemen, 1572 Give l. and the people will find their own way, 971 glow from the fire can truly l. the world, 770 he leaves behind him lies / Upon the paths of men, 371 law is not a l., 998 not l. that is needed, but fire, 1575 of truth, 238 one blaze of blinding l., 1866 one candle, 448 only l. can do that [drive out darkness], 1893 our country, 770 over the public mind, 496 season of l., 1818 see the l., 1665 thing to be supplied is l., 937 within his own cleer brest, 563 |
| Lightning difference between the lightning-bug and the l., 540 Pleasure is … like a flash of l., 923 they want rain without thunder and l., 443 |
| Lightning-bug difference between the l. and the lightning, 540 |
| Lights of perverted science, 2055 |
| Like All the things I l. to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening, 846 being cheated by an equal, 909 being compelled by a superior, 909 a big baby 775 a fire bell in the night, 1700 a fixed star, 923 a flash of lightning, 923 never met a man I dident l., 1155 People l. Government, 710 |
| Likes do as he l., 646 |
| Limit woman’s sphere as though it had a l., 2012 |
| Limited war with Red China, 1967 |
| Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865), 65, 801, 1024, 1107–1110, 1425, 1487, 1853 death of, 718 |
| Lincoln, Nancy (Hanks) (1783–1818), 1225 |
| Lincoln, Sarah Bush (Johnston) 1225 |
| Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1853 inscription, 1107 |
| Link one rusted l., 1695 |
| Lion heart, 1276 |
| Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn, 1106 |
| Listens Nobody l., 266 to the deniers and mockers, 60 |
| Literati battle between the l. and the Philistines, 167 |
| Literature liberal views exclude no branch of science or l., 1663 ransack the l. of all countries, 530 study the works of art and l., 658 |
| Little Americans, 72 do so much for so many on so l., 449 done so much with so l., 2060 |
| “Little American” speech, 72 |
| Littlefield, Charles (1851–1915), 115 |
| Liturgy opening accents of a grand new l., 379 |
| Live by bread only, 1112 henceforth, you will l. the hard way, 1605 his dreams—not in fear, but in hope, 54 how to l., 1222 in infamy, 2066 not to exist, 1118 Only those are fit to l., 1121 skim milk, 111 sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down, 1104 that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry, 1125 together for a period, and then go our separate ways, 1520 underground with the moles, 125 without our lives, 1293 |
| Lived being judged not to have l., 1088 not l. in vain, 1323, 1469 whether my country is the better for my having l., 1679 you have l. the easy way, 1605 |
| Lives Every one l. by selling something, 1123 of others, 136 those who gamble with men’s l. should not stake their own, 1953 |
| Living, 1111–1127 from the dead, 482 land of the l., 1136 like drunken sailors, 309 partnership … between those who are l., 1715 process of l. is the process of having stress, 1122 will envy the dead, 1257 |
| Livy (Titus Livius) (59 B.C.–A.D. 17), 1283 |
| Loaf half a l. is better than a whole l., 252 half a l. was better than no bread, 252 |
| Lobbyist, 1128 President is the only l., 1516 |
| Lobbyists, 1128 are in many cases expert technicians, 1128 |
| Loiterers idle l., 2031 |
| London wiping out the whole of L., 864 |
| Loneliness, 1129 that makes the loudest noise, 1129 |
| Lonesome place against the sky, 1108 |
| Long run, 1367 human rights and property rights are … in the l. r. identical, 867 in the l. r. every Government, 710 l. r. doesn’t matter, 868 l. r. is a misleading guide to current affairs, 693 People don’t eat in the l. r.,— they eat every day, 1336 people, in the l. r. … do more to promote peace than our governments, 1321 worth of a state, in the l. r., is the worth of the individuals composing it, 1760 |
| Longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, 703 |
| Longevity has its place, 572 |
| Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807–1882), 65 |
| Look up and not down,… forward and not back … out and not in, 1434 |
| Lord is always on the side of the right, 704 make me a channel of your peace, 1466 make me an instrument of thy peace, 1466 What doth the L. require of thee, 947 See also God |
| Lorna Doone, 515 |
| Los Angeles, California, 1974 |
| Lose how to l., 1222 If we l., there will be nobody to care, 1991 rather l. in a cause that will some day win, 1994 |
| Loser what makes a good l.? Practice, 1992 |
| Loss real sin is taxing a l., 138 |
| Lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter, 974 because its [liberty’s] possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand, 1077 here in America, 67 Horse was l., 1240 not that you won or l., 1993 Rider was l., 1240 Shoe was l. 1240 was l., and is found, 635 |
| Lottery case, 717 |
| Love, 1130–1136 as constant in his l. as the sun, 446 bridge is l., 1136 each day I l. you more, 1130 First l. is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity, 1133 for his country, 1309 for the President that goes beyond loyalty, 1509 harness for God the energies of l., 1134 has power that dispels Death, 1131 his fellow-men sincerely, 1126 the human form divine, 1464 is as perennial as the grass, 1114 is the magician, the enchanter, 1132 may bring a flame / Which naught but tears can drown, 844 Mercy Pity Peace, 1464 no l. like the old l., 1814 of ease, 2096 of our country soar above all minor passions, 1305 only l. can do that [drive out hate], 1893 pure and chaste, from afar, 459 thou shalt l., 1805 thy neighbor, 1805 time to l., and a time to hate, 1810 to l. and to be wise, 1787 Where there is hatred, let me bring l., 1466 |
| Loved better to have l. and lost / Than never to have l. at all, 1135 |
| Lovers To l. I devise, 192 |
| Loveth not the unjust doers, 517 |
| Loving hearts divide, 2034 when they are turned to l., 1580 |
| Loyal opposition, 634 to his government, 734 to what I regard as the law of my political life, 723 |
| Loyalty is due entirely to the United States, 1506 ounce of l., 2027 |
| Lucifer when he falls, he falls like L., 1103 |
| Luck You make your own l., 1992 |
| Lunatic holds a l. in leash, 1156 |
| Lurid glare of obloquy, 258 |
| Lusitania, 988 |
| Lust for riches, 833 |
| Lying for one’s country, 437 |
| M, is for the million things she gave me, 1226 |
| Macedonia come with me into M., 1928 forces in M., 1941 |
| Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469–1527), 1457 |
| Machine the servant of man, 1613 |
| Machinery perfection of m. … will in the end avail it [state] nothing, 1760 |
| Machines labor-doing m., 981 labor-saving m., 981 |
| MacLeish, Archibald (1892–1982), 603 |
| Madison Memorial Hall. See Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Magie cities will spring up again as if by m., 27 of property turns sand to gold, 1550 to stir men’s blood, 1360 |
| Magician Love is the magician … that changes worthless things to joy, 1132 |
| Magna Carta, 394 |
| Maiden speech, 1279 |
| Mail Gentlemen do not read each other’s m., 1531 |
| Main part of the m., 134 |
| Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate, 1640 |
| Maine (Ship) Remember the M., 65, 1910 |
| Majesty walk together side by side in m., 41 |
| Majorities think an individual is right, 1642 |
| Majority, 11371141 always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits, 424 can do anything, 1137 great m., 1516 an impeachable offense is whatever a m. of the House of Representatives considers [it] to be, 889 impositions of the strong and the m., 786 is the government, 1139 lives in a state of perpetual self-adoration, 362 minority, / Reaching m., 1141 never be able to restrain a distressed and discontented m., 1139 of mankind unite together, 1861 of Negroes committed to nonviolence, 1894 of the community are actively in favor of it, 994 One man with courage makes a m., 900 One with the law is a m., 1138 screened by safe m., 4 should respect a minority’s sacred things, 414 silent m. of my fellow Americans, 1140 withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the m., 227 |
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