Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Soul to Stevenson, Adlai Ewing
breathes there the man, with s. so dead, 1310
desire deep within the s., 1229
drag my s. down to the regions of darkness and despair, 1638
has power to clothe itself, 1752
he that hides a dark s., 563
nation might have lost its s., 43
psychology [has not yet found] a sensible s., 111
to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the s., 2099
active exercise of his s. faculties, 567
cold and timid s., 10
endure in silence, 1694
like stars, that dwell apart, 685
saving s., or preventing greater harm to s., 435
times that try men’s s., 1821
and the fury of history, 556
homeopathic, 78
For my part, I go to the s., 834
I know no S., no North, no East, no West, 267
same fears for our S. A. brethren, 725
I never know what S. C. thinks of a measure, 300
never speaks until Mr. Calhoun is heard, 559
too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum, 1969
man, 304
Northern charm and S. efficiency, 1972
popular, 78
delegates smile, 244
spending has shown no response to U.S. restraint, 400
What place does … a second front occupy in the S. estimates, 2068
choose the S. U., 1656
not the S. U. or indeed any other big Powers who need the United Nations, 1857
See also Russia; Siberia
have really been quite single-minded, 400
You can’t make a silk purse out of a s. ear, 1084
be preserved for peaceful use, 1739
high untrespassed sanctity of s., 603
is there, and we’re going to climb it, 1741
passengers on a little s. ship, 477
United States take an affirmative position in outer s., 1740
calls … s. a s., 1748
divine s. leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam, 898
enough s. left in me to lead a mighty good revolt, 1892
and says nothing, 266
and s. again, 1695
if only men can s. in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold, 680
not too well, 135
slavery, not to s. one’s thought, 1699
softly and carry a big stick, 629
time to keep silence, and a time to s., 1810
what no man else knows, 1024
when we fail to s. up and s. out, 1746
wonder why you do not s. than why you do, 1280
if a man is a fool, … encourage him to advertise the fact by s., 681
interests, 1567
who mount the stage, 1369
every time you make a s., 1277
if instead of making a political s. I was being hanged, 1277
is of Time, 1691
is shallow as Time, 1691
is silvern, 1691
maiden s., 1279
nonpolitical s. by a politician, 1402
suppresses free s., 1653
that is good for anything, 1691
was superfluous, 1285
See also Freedom of speech
antiquity has left us the finest models, 1283
time it took him [Wilson] to prepare his s., 1288
vogue of short s., 1288
all deliberate s., 1758
a little more than it earns, 808
Never s. your money before you have it, 1116
tax and tax, and s. and s., and elect and elect, 1793
more than your income, 1117
no sacrifice at all in s., 809
other people’s money, 805
the public money, 799
Soviet s. has shown no response to U.S. restraint, 400
the sweat of its laborers … the hopes of its children, 403
was no longer the rock of unsound finance, 379
See also Government spending
woman’s s., 2012
it [violence] is a descending s., 1893
[America] no longer ruler of her own s., 613
conquers forever, 1750
contribution to the human s., 1753
crisis of the s., 806
Great S. placed me and my people on this land poor and naked, 1545
long years that … turn the growing s. back to dust, 2099
of enjoyment was stronger, 2063
of enterprise and adventure, 658
of liberty, 1059
of Liberty constantly awake, 1052
of man be unable to pass from this body to another, 1752
of sacrifice, 2063
preserve the freedom of the human s., 676
prison house of the s., 18
shall cease to be never, 1751
should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom, 676
subtle destroyer of the human s., 1984
Unrest of s., 1096
which prizes liberty, 1069
Does he use ardent s., 35
from the vasty deep, 1754
dependence upon relief induces a s. and moral disintegration, 1984
poor, 1632
redeemed s., 230
and eventually a very weak individual, 83
to the victor belong the s., 1314
we civilised people have been s., 1609
nor friends to s., 1407
it’s [politics] the only s. for grownups, 1432
noblest s. the world affords, 1637
of hope, 1818
Aeschylus, 945
Author unknown, stone tablet, 456
Churchill, Winston, 2004
Cicero, Marcus Tullius 795
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1528
Hitler, Adolf, 155
Jefferson, Thomas, 35, 1204
Lee, Robert E., 469
Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (Ulyanov), 246
Lincoln, Abraham, 1117
Socrates, 195
Thoreau, Henry David, 1528
Webster, Daniel, 1986
all but s. this inheritance, 1605
of planetary capital, 309
the capital of metallic ores and fossil fuels, 309
All the world’s a s., 1158
travelling in a s., 177
fast and suffer long, 1234
firm, 688
for something, [or] … fall for anything, 106
great thing in this world is not so much where we s., 5
the heat, get out of the kitchen, 1513
take a s. on any issue, 38
up for them [rights and interests], 1644
what to s. for, 106
where to s., 106
with anybody that stands right, 1639
with him while he is right, 1639
your ground, 1940
Every action of the enemy is judged by one s., 933
Let us raise a s. to which the wise and the honest can repair, 340
of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, 613
pick up a fallen s., 1299
of this forlorn hope, 863
integrity of their own intellectual and moral s., 1018
Laws can embody s., 1746
Expect to be called a s., 2025
one’s own nation s. for everything that is good and noble, 933
up for an ideal, 8
fixed s. in our constitutional constellation, 647
fixed s. in the firmament of great names, 1977
follow knowledge like a sinking s., 575
Joy is … like a fixed s., 923
quenched on high, 371
above our cornfields, 1474
and Stripes, 601
In my s. I am above thee, 828
night already devoid of s., 1893
end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we s., 579
only a thin layer of soil between himself and s., 31
rather s. than sell our national honor, 1303
to death, 1094
Athenian citizen does not neglect the s., 1552
cannot be expected to move with the celerity of a private business man, 1758
chief power in the S., 1419
[church] is not the master or the servant of the s., 1759
[church is] the conscience of the s., 1759
comes into existence … for the sake of a good life, 209
destiny of the s. is in the hands of the many, 912
dies out, 1757
exists for the sake of Society, 787
first act by virtue of which the S. really constitutes itself, 1757
galley of the s., 1756
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the s., 816
has a right to do exactly as it pleases, 1761
has no business in the bedrooms of the nation, 1685
highest wisdom of a S., 1038
interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of s., 772
interference in social relations, 1757
is not “abolished,” 1757
Justice in the life and conduct of the S., 963
last independent act as a S., 1757
A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the s., 628
master or servant of the s., 1759
must follow and not lead the character and progress of the citizen, 1004
No particular man is necessary to the s., 1151
not a good citizen unless he also takes thought of the s., 628
not Society for the sake of the S., 787
of mind, 2095, 2099
of Wretchedness, 1627
over which you preside, 1476
police s., 442
serve as a laboratory, 1755
single courageous S., 1755
strongest s. that history has known, 206
Too small to be a s., 1969
was is … the continuation of s. policy, 1917
which dwarfs its men, 1760
worth of a s. … is the worth of the individuals composing it, 1760
[Youth] is a s. of mind, 2099
reward achievement in business or s., 96
down the road to s., 1756
balanced representation to the S., 1592
individual communities that have united, 1364
laws of the several S., 938
lines which separate the S., 1762
national economic problem must be decided only by the S., 1763
rights of the S., 1849
rock upon which s. are built, 526
support and defend these S., 392
symbol of union for s., 1867
until all shall be usurped from the S., 941
respecting rights of the States, 1849
will hold out against centralization, 1595
as compared with the s., 1393
great s. is he who knows when to depart from traditions, 1766
I am not in Washington as a s., 298
is a politician who’s been dead 10 or 15 years, 1405
standard of a s., 1765
they require consists in honesty and frugality, 1670
adored by little s., 1194
are in conversation, 2041
forsake their own private conscience, 1764
have to bend to the collective will, 1767
modern s., 252
most creative s. in modern history, 1622
of which there are few, 631
peace of the world has been preserved, not by s., 1319
Government are very keen on amassing s., 1768
lies, damned lies, and s., 1769
source of the s., 1768
man whose … s. [should be] placed in every college, 6
inscriptions, 641, 655, 779, 1046, 1056, 1069, 1081, 1770
we cannot abolish all the evils in this world by s., 783
neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course, 1439
these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, 1439
from one author, it’s plagiarism, 2077
from two, it’s research, 2077
a jay will s., 305
Thou shalt not s., 1804–1805
man … who is both s. and velvet, 1109
the ship from the shore, 1928
begin with a single s., 1533
one small s. for a man, 1738
science will have moved forward yet one more s., 505
to the music which he hears, 905