Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Tongue to “United Nations Prayer”
earned my living by pen and t., 1276
my actions did belie my t., 1019
on ev’ry T. it grew, 594
Presidential slip of the t., 1509
two-edged t., 1284
Give us the t., and we will finish the job, 2051
of the greasy pole, 1778
has been passed, 77
to light the way, 1302
woman with a t., 1770
to death only one tiny creature, 432
Thou Shalt Not Revere Any But T. Heroes, 441
and anarchy will threaten free nations, 1886
business also corrupts and undermines monolithic t., 158
peace and freedom … suffocated by the forces of t., 1140
wishy-washy imitation of t., 708
I am deeply t., 151
not as deeply t. as you, 151
necessary to destroy the t. to save it, 1888
that ushered in the Revolution 1630
election of intelligent, honest, earnest t. unionists, 983
and deals among the senators, 257
are not of a sinister nature, 257
Approves all forms of competition, 1805
men … whose names have become a splendid t., 281
because it is t., 105
when to adhere to them, 1766
when to depart from t., 1766
first time as t., 856
government without … information … [is] a Farce or a T., 969
Russian t., everybody dies, 1655
and steady dedication of a lifetime, 1311
at my age, is the supreme good of life, 1246
up and down the vast territories of the United States, 86
doth never prosper, 1826
none dare call it t., 1826
river is more than an amenity, it is a t., 1645
of the world, 476
mode of making t., 792
reject the t., 1332
of liberty, 1065
plant it this afternoon, 1815
old men plant t. they will never sit under, 694
I only hope … the enemy … t. as I do, 1184
deny others a fair t., 1170
fairness of the t., 117
down theory, 479
if any thing is to be hoped, every thing ought to be t., 1932
See also Try; Trying
because its opponents eventually die, 1665
magnificent mixture of t. and tragedy, 355
of high achievement, 10
our forefathers moved on to t., 57
over the great enemies of man, 85
Posterity will t., 392
Science and Peace will t., 1963
the sorrow and the t. that are the aftermath of war, 1923
governmental citadel of a T. horse, 633
will never be envied, 778
day of t., 1468
take the t. to do the work of government, 1566
Far on the ringing plains of windy T., 575
Deal with him as a t., 135
to terror, 1324
to the people, 1018
believes to be t., 1677
danger is when liberty is nibbled away, 1053
knowledge is achieved, 1317
liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, 1055
no Man … is t. to his wife, 2009
to thine own self be t., 1675
than if they had really happened, 131
Due to the lack of experienced t., 455
committed to them in t. from the People, 1453
divert from fulfillment of our sacred t., 1604
don’t t. anybody over 30, 1828
good of those who confer, not of those who receive the t., 712
in God and Heaven securely, 1126
in thee [O God] do I put my t., 1827
never t. a woman who tells her real age, 2018
nothing to the enthusiasm of the people, 757
the people, 1333, 1343
Republicans I would t. with anything—… except public office, 1602
should be placed not in a few but in a number of hands, 765
them [the people] with the facts, 1343
Thou Shalt Not T. Anybody Over Thirty, 441
for their defence to a mercenary army, 1647
man is not made to be t. for life, 940
they [the people] can be t. with their own government, 1338
of Posterity, 2090
to your works to defend you, 1119
and combinations, 139
best test of t., 1835
crushed to earth, shall rise again, 1829
the daughter of time, 1832
diminution of love of t., 1925
discernment they [the people] have manifested between t. and falsehood, 935
do not be vexed with me for telling the t., 1404
duty … to tell the t. about the President, 1506
enemy of the t., 1268
even more important to tell the t. … about him [the President], 1507
Every Communist must grasp the t., 1451
first casualty when war comes is t., 1925
forever on the scaffold, 1838
full liberty to tell the t. about his [the President’s] acts, 1507
Hell is t. seen too late, 1830
in favor of the eternal forces of t., 822
is being more and more realized by the public, 301
is the glue that holds the government together, 255, 1831
is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out, 1835
justice is t. in action, 952
know the whole t., 1834
let me go down linked with the t., 1851
light of t., 238
loving frankness and t., 1748
new t. is always a go-between, 1837
nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than t., 584
Persecution cannot harm him who stands by T., 1833
politicians rarely feel they can afford the luxury of telling the whole t., 1563
save in the cases where to tell the t. at the moment would benefit the public enemy, 1506
scientific t., 1665
search out the deep t. of life, 1664
shut our eyes against a painful t., 1834
simply tell the t., 1839
sting of t. turns it fierce, 362
stop telling the t. about them [Republicans], 1387
tell the t. about the Democrats, 1387
to the knowledge of nations, 738
universal t. and applicability, 1644
virtues of courage … t., 58
without free speech no search for t. is possible, 672
being faced with cruel t., 556
eternal t. of the past, 654
We hold these t. to be sacred & undeniable, 396
We hold these t. to be self-evident, 397, 462
above all, t. something, 1843
harder than anyone else, 109
no such thing as half-t., 109
child is full of grace, 200
bey of T., 614
streets of our country are in t., 155
and t. in the widening gyre, 454
Boiled t. will a roasted pullet be, 1682
God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion, 1623
same views at forty as we held at t., 26
to twenty-five! These are the years, 2088
when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned, 2003
roads that lead to something like human happiness, 845
of the people, 1620
[of the world] is up to something, 2037
In all t. governments, 788
Russia is one of the worst t., 1653
and oppressions of body and mind will vanish, 490
definition of t., 790
enemies of man: t., poverty and disease and war itself, 516
enemies of man—war, poverty, and t., 85
in our fair land, 1069
like hell, is not easily conquered, 1845
of poverty, 1615
over the mind of man, 1844
rid the world of the t. of facts, 585
That means first chaos, then t., 1005
two different and incompatable names—liberty and t., 1070
freedom cannot be served by the devices of the t., 640
children are now t., 195
ruled by t., 746
man-made u., 16
you are u.—but tomorrow I’ll be sober, 2004
today translates into a whimpering isolationism, 1042
I am a part of all that I have met, 575
sailing farther than U. even dreamed of, 129
most u. thing in America, 286
fate of u. Millions, 1627
millions yet u., 1630
service to human kind yet u., 267
no such u. as a sure thing, 172
over a barrel of oil, 527
right to be u., 71
highly intelligent and well informed just to be u. about them [problems], 390
always, till history comes, after they are long dead, and puts them on top, 822
going u. to escape consequences of his own folly, 125
live u. with the moles, 125
imperfection of human u., 716
thing, 631
When a great many people are unable to find work, 1846
Life is u., 1092
benefits and burdens of the U., 1849
But I’m a U. man, 1407
the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated, 1852
dissolve this U., 1267
Emancipates the U., 1853
existence of our u., 1706
happy U. of these States, 1854
how stands the U., 1848
In u. there is strength, 1859
know how to save the U., 1701
Liberty first and U. afterwards, 1855
My allegiance is to this U. and to my State, 267
next to our liberty, most dear, 1849
now and forever, one and inseparable, 1855
of the English-speaking peoples, 499
Our U.—it must be preserved, 1849
saves the U. and the dream goes on, 1853
shall go on, 162
stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible, 1848
symbol of u. for [the United] States, 1867
that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, 1850
While the U. lasts, 1855
would be imperiled, 938
Hitler attacked the u., 1749
penetrate the trade u., 245
mankind u. together, 1861
nations will u., 1963
that means that we have all come together, 1364
preamble to the constitution, 1966