Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
American to Bacon, Sir Francis
as cherry pie, 1889
as great an A. as ever lived, 830
average A., 83
blood shed in the field, 2047
boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home, 1881
built, American owned, and American manned, 1687
by his mother he [Churchill] is A., 1352
cannot be an A. solution to every world problem, 1735
city, 210
divergence of A. life from its starting point, 1018
Dream, 463
duty to give him the full rights of an A., 883
fights against natural obstacles, 2045
first President to preside over an A. defeat, 1885
free man first and an A. second, 1396
make, 617
my country is the great A. Republic, 1641
name of A., 1312
no. A. is held down by race or color, 1343
society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, 64
solution to every world problem, 1735
sympathy, 2047
values upon which our [A.] system is built, 1868
wants to preserve his dignity and his equality, 1671
what it means to be an A., 71
What then is the A., 48
will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it, 86
are a very generous people, 84
business of the A. p. is business, 140
compatible with the mission of the A. p., 796
energy will test the character of the A. p., 526
forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity, 84
glory of the people of America, 82
into one common mass, 1762
long-term common sense of the A. p., 1489
not what I intend to offer the A. p., but what I intend to ask of them, 769
talk sense to the A. p., 52, 85
what we are and what we hope to be, 418
will prove themselves, 1641
See also Americans; People
basic principles of A., 61
means the virtues of courage, honor, justice …, 58
shout the loudest about A., 61
all that A. want is security, 1671
are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, 16
assess the cost of war in terms of human lives, 2070
cleave to the things of this world, 86
combine to give fetes, found seminaries, build churches, 99
dreams of these earlier generations of A., 621
feel threatened by runaway technology, 16
generation of A. has a rendezvous with destiny, 1607
hurry after some new delight, 86
I want them [Adam and Eve] to be A., 1259
little A., 72
most creative statesmen in modern history, 1622
never quit, 80
Put none but A. on guard tonight, 1629
recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven, 53
truths to the Americans’ attention, 362
[unwillingness] to identify themselves with something as vast as the United States, 50
We [England] do not intend to part from the A., 531
when they die, go to Paris, 75
whether A. are to be Freemen, or Slaves, 1627
conquests are made with the plowshare, 2045
everlasting, living dream, 67
finest hours, 1884
One of A. most priceless assets is … idealism, 2096
Thou Shalt Demand A. for Them, 441
is the vice of modern oratory, 1283
is anarchy, 1895
is loosed upon the world, 454
where does a. exist, 1623
barbarous a., 178
never boast, 121
remember your a., 1732
toils, and sufferings, and blood of their a., 63
sail, and not drift, not lie at a., 5
Your constitution is all sail and no a., 334
mother, 1225
of light compared to that of man, 1457
If a. were to govern men, 739
If men were a., 739
ten a. swearing I was right would make no difference, 110, 1490
of vision, 1086
two great nations in the world … the Russians and the A., 2045
refuse to become frustrated and a., 524
When a., count ten, before you speak, 1116
political a., 1390
soft spot in their heart for an a., 90
all a. are equal, but some a. are more equal than others, 553
pretext for still deeper hatred and a., 224
triumph of scientific a., 1258
to be honest to no purpose, 862
comes from the graves of our fathers, 506
What is the a., 989
some men are stationed in the A., 1092
“off limits” to military preparations, 1739
is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity, 874
be an a.—or a hammer, 494
to dependence, 1238
like friendly a.,… pick the fleas from each other’s fur, 2079
no successful a. from the ballot to the bullet, 1903
to have appeared to me then, 1263
course with all speed, 1439
swift completion of their a. rounds, 1439
cabinet a., chargeships and foreign missions, 1313
do not promise to consider race or religion in my a. 1577
short duration of their a., 765
of public money is always perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill, 797
votes for all a., 299
I do not at present a., but I am not sure I shall never a., 321
prudent a.,… take an aim much higher than their mark, 825
of decay, 184
would you consent to be the a. on those conditions?, 432
of consummate skill and fidelity, 63
one of the greatest of English a., 458
aims at eternity, 93
has its Political use, 93
worth great attention, 92
begin where you a., 817
By how much we know, so much we a., 1086
conjecture where we now a., 1286
If we could first know where we a., 936
what we a. and what we hope to be, 418
what we a. is what becomes of us, 1676
what you a. stands over you, 186
Bullfight critics row on row / Crowd the vast a. full, 14
Caesar and Christ had met in the a., 206
cattle of the political a., 1566
for men from the West and men from the East, 1366
man … in the a., 10
met upon the a., 1019
of life one may meet the challenge of courage, 355
political a., 494, 1566
monied a., 101
in morals as in mind, 188
colors breaking through, 64
When I come back to A., 298
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 7, 77, 516, 661, 769–770, 1066
Kennedy, Robert Francis, 8, 1864, 1995
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 1734
yourselves, 402
must be adequate to the needs, 409
tremendously deadly a., 1538
deplore expenditure on a., 784
world-wide reduction of a., 655
might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace, 493
All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, 406
number itself in a. importeth not much, 1176
clash of resounding a., 1061
not as a call to bear a., though a. we need, 516
not willing to bear a., 1191
world in a. is not spending money alone, 403
attend to all the details of the a., 1180
Courage and Conduct of this a., 1627
discipline, more than numbers, 1182
general was doing more for victory by writing a poem than … by commanding an a., 1589
General Officers of this a., [make me] tremble, 1184
it won’t be a bit like the A., 1514
No a. has ever done so much with so little, 2060
of monkeys, 2076
only difference between a mob and a trained a. is organization, 1375
trusted for their defence to a mercenary a., 1647
See also Military affairs; Military service; Soldiers
is mixed with the grosser air, 1228
minimal the a., 95
of politics, 1422
of self-government, 1425
processes and fulfillments of a., 98
study the works of a. and literature, 658
imaginative a., 2082
standards of a. accomplishment, 96
advancement of the a., 1532
[architecture] among the most important a., 92
progress in the a., 97
reward achievement in the a., 96
doing something he is a. of, 472
burn my body to a., 1638
mother’s a., 1067
new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their a., 1594
All the armies of Europe, A., and Africa, 406
American frontier has been on the coasts of … A., 2064
cultures of A., 182
if we lose the war to communism in A., 247
In A., the masses now count for something, 1618
land war in A., 1887
peoples of A. … can destroy it piece by piece, 1927
See also Vietnam Conflict
Western nations and the A. peoples, 235
counsel of both times, 1997
Life … gives you what you a., 1099
not just what government will do for me, 771
not what I intend to offer … what I intend to a., 769
not what your country can do for you, 769
ourselves what we can do for our country, 768
What can I do for my city, 767
what can I do for myself, 771
what you can do for your country, 769
one-third of the world is a. at any given time, 2037
See also Sleep; Sleeping
You could cover the whole world with a., 542
law is a a., 1002
recourse was had to a., 891
one of America’s most priceless a. is … idealism, 2096
to foreign lands should be curtailed, 795
in the United States you are sure to find an a., 99
too large to be an a., 1969
barbaric and a. forces will stand in awe, 1861
could not be as great a military leader, 1729
citizen does not neglect the state, 1552
not an a…., but a citizen of the world, 216
greatest and richest of all cities, 1022
possessed of great wealth and riches in which all citizens had a right to share, 643
there will not be different laws at Rome and at A., 1000
beginning to imagine the force and composition of the a., 111
brink of a. war, 1657
Effect of the A. Bomb, 125
first a. bomb, 123
hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy, 126
powerful [a.] bombs of a new type, 124
secret of a. energy does not belong to America, 1254
worst is a. war, 403
See also Bombs and bombing
slow a. of a life, 183
awareness of the public a., 1406
in an American citizen, 1507
from Corregidor to A., 2059
bow to no a., 1748
corruption by a., 1443
Dress’d in a little brief a., 1159
struggle between Liberty and A., 1071
Great nations write their a., 1236
save the people from a., 789
Man is about to be an a, 1144
American, 83
abject, squalid, shameless a., 2089
a sleeping giant, 2069
this, too, shall pass a., 1221
If a legislature decided that all blue-eyed b. should be murdered, 1040
is God’s opinion that life should go on, 1100
All that we send … comes b. into our own [lives], 136
struck it [dagger] into the b., 113