Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Epitaph to Fairness
five words might be his [Alexander Hamilton’s] e., 830
greatest e. in the country, 1515
saddest e., 1077
When I [Will Rogers] die, my e., 1155
Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826), 546
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968), 547
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902–1974), 548
Petigru, James Louis (1789–1863), 549
it was the e. of belief, it was the e. of incredulity, 1818
all men are born free and e., 554
all men are created e., 219, 397, 462
all men are created e. & independant, 396
dead all men at last are e., 368
Government should [not] take action to try to make these opportunities exactly e., 1085
justice, e. opportunity, e. dignity without discrimination, 866
law secures e. justice to all alike, 1568
laws protecting e. rights, 552
like being cheated by an e., 909
more than the e. of any nation in the world, 407
opportunity and an e. chance to do his best, 1463
pay for e. work, 550
representation then proposed, 1597
rights of all men, and all nations, 1075
rights to all and special privileges to none, 1573
some animals are more e. than others, 553
treatment of unequals, 551
as a human being, 1671
I take the view that e. is e., 303
of the white and black races, 1578
to assure complete e., 1092
education … is the great e., 498
we are all e. human, 1481
Only a peace between e. can last, 1329
diagrams and e., 1661
Peace is an unstable e., 1320
of appeasement must come to an end, 153
they shall not be sent upon a similar e., 698
no effort without e. and shortcoming, 10
No mans e. becomes his own Law, 555
wounded, writhes in pain / And dies among his worshippers, 1829
that, which doubleth all e., will not acknowledge or retract them, 2084
cannot e. history, 1701
from painful realities, 580
this book has been for the author a long struggle of e., 875
elected spokesmen represent the E., 1891
how wise the E. is, 1613
Thou Shalt Not Accept Any E. Idea, 441
today’s E. is the new George III, 1614
not make his e. a single drachma greater, 1022
What we obtain too cheap, we e. too lightly, 1845
change alone is e., 180
hostility against every form of tyranny, 1844
interests are e. and perpetual, 42
no e. allies, 42
vigilance, 1054, 1073
Architecture aims at e., 93
Silence is deep as E., 1691
Silence is of E., 1691
of Reverence for Life, 1101
A man is e. only when life … is sacred to him, 1101
too, are nothing but reverence for life, 1214
true e. whisper into my ear, 1102
defense of E. freedom, 1721
Black, Hugo La Fayette (1886–1971), 376
Burnes, James N., 368
Elks Lodge annual memorial service (1906), 1752
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (1911–1978), 1222, 1697
Jones, John Paul (1747–1792), 886
Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (1888–1969), 109
Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925–1968), 465
King, Martin Luther, Jr., (1929–1968), 1995
all E. may be free, 2055 all E. sneezes, 559
All the armies of E.,… could not, 406
American frontier has been on the coasts of E., 2064
Americans laid before E. that noble Declaration, 393
crusading and defending E., 1947
extends to the Alleghenies, 557
fall of E. is inevitable, 247
hush over all E., 2053
I want them on this continent and not in E., 1259
Immigration … from overcrowded E., 476
is not to be saved by any single man, 534
is partitioned, 558
is the less, 134
keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict E., 840
lying and comfort-loving E., 556
master of Bohemia is master of E., 122
[must] not [walk] toward E., 658
natives of E. were brave and robust, 1647
save E. by her [England’s] example, 534
second front in E., 2067
they will become corrupt as in E., 726
unincumbered travellers in E. 1272
useful to E. and harmful to the human race, 1606
who, in E., is by Rank superior to all, 1626
descendant of an E., 48
he wants, and nothing you want, 256
wordy e. of the fact, 1692
destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil, 1214
distorted way of looking at things produced,… such incalculable e., 1231
good End cannot sanctifie e. Means, 564
indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by e. men, 565
Instead of diminishing e., it multiplies it, 1893
nor must we ever do E., that Good may come of it, 564
only thing necessary for the triumph of e., 560
sin to believe e. of others, but seldom a mistake, 562
That which one believes of others, 562
There are few things wholly e. or wholly good, 561
thousand hacking at the branches of e. to one who is striking at the root, 566
whether it have more of e. than of good, 561
cure for the e. of democracy, 422
it is too feeble to overthrow, 1237
of city life, 212
of superficiality, 1097
of war are great in their endurance, 840
substantive e. that Congress has a right to prevent, 675
we cannot abolish all the e. in this world by statute, 783
which have never happened, 1116
I don’t even have to e., 748
report of my death has been … e., 378
do not copy our neighbors, but are an e. to them, 1568
encouragement of a great e., 99
claim of e. is also recognised, 1568
conformity with e. or virtue, 567
four-squared e., 569
full use of your powers along lines of e., 567
of what is in their hands, 880
society which scorns e. in plumbing, 568
of the opposite virtue, 826
virtue like valour when it is pushed to e., 826
who e. himself, accuses himself, 837
of a fault / Doth make the fault the worse by excuse, 837
as necessary to good Government as a single E., 1036
discretion of the E., 1447
interpretation of e. power, 1505
legislative power is nominated by the e., 324
power, 1078
provide in the Constitution for the regular punishment of the e., 891
rescue Liberty from the grasp of e. power, 1078
head, heart, and hand, 282
is clearly obligated … to supply relevant information to the Legislative Branch, 893
is the branch of power most interested in war, 1931
Under the Constitution, I now belong to the e. b., 282
have given inspiration and push to the advancement of human society, 1030
have played a powerful role in the development of civilization, 1030
active e. of his soul’s faculties, 567
our strength with wisdom and restraint, 662
preclude the e. of arbitrary power, 789
should be devoted to it [health] in preference to every other pursuit, 851
of the Dawn, 1106
of the times, 1357
honorable e., 842
and their entrances, 1158
tangible and the functional e., 50
revolution of rising e., 182, 1618
Of other generations much is e., 1607
annual e. twenty pounds ought and six, result misery, 380
on armaments as conflicting with the requirements of the social services, 784
poor cannot hope for much economy in public e., 812
cutting e., 801
defense e. 400
limit public e. to the actual needs of the government, 796
of so much time, blood, and treasure, 525
immoral, illegal, fattening, or too e., 846
all e. is an arch wherethro’ / Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades, 575
analogy of e., 573
eye may be opened by e., 1002
get out of an e. only the wisdom that is in it, 576
how incapable must Man be of learning from e., 574
instinct has learned nothing from e., 1292
lamp of e., 571
lessons of their own e., 82
may … bring certain truths to the Americans’ attention, 362
teaching which e. offers in history, 570
triumph of hope over e., 1167
which is going on around me, 1102
Doing for people … is a dangerous e., 1983
country demands bold, persistent e., 1843
without risk to the rest of the country, 1755
as many opinions as there are e., 1273
I’ve known better than to depend on the e., 578
never complain and never e., 1113
Never e.; your friends do not need it, 686
maximum the e., 95
We shall not cease from e., 579
timekeepers of progress, 1537
of folly, 681
nothing chills pretense like e., 610
What shall be done with our e., 1488
no e. of anticipation, 1710
public e. begets e., 796
and sporting set, 108
valour and e. benevolence, 826
that fence all efforts in, 659
in the defense of liberty is no vice, 581
splinter groups, 524
who are advocating a soft approach, 580
We do not display our greatness by placing ourselves at one e., 826
bursting and sprouting out in wonderful e., 1313
delights the e. … of every observing Traveller, 59
difference is just an e., 1930
having e., see not, 1834
of all people are upon us, 1611
of the Snake, 265
on disarmament, 440
country, the only f. country, 69
fair in f., 200
round, jolly, fruitful f., 1313
finding of f., 582
marries old opinion to new f., 1837
merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease, 585
Sit down before f. as a little child, 263, 583
wordy evidence of the f., 1692
walk alone in huge f., 987
Dr. F. (Bernard M. Baruch), 1262
for the people of my country, 582
have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies, 584
imagination for his f., 1175
Practical politics consists in ignoring f., 1409
report the f., 748
right to be wrong in his f., 1262
state the f. as they really occurred, 1748
subject all f. to a prefabricated set of interpretations, 1268
Trust them [the people] with the f., 1343
tyranny of f., 585
What are f. but compromises?, 585
when he states his f. that you admire the flights of his imagination, 1175
like a dream, 1220
they [old soldiers] just f. away, 1727
the flower, 1219
the shape of beauty, 1219
the sight of beauty, 1219
hard to f., 589
no use for men who f., 588
shall not f., 688
to meet [challenges], 229
With public sentiment, nothing can f., 1557
With that assistance, I cannot f., 1497
A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has f., 586
reading about one’s f in the daily papers, 1522
while daring greatly, 10
Ambition is the last refuge of the f., 590
behind every man who’s a f. there’s a woman, too, 2017
cause of their f. is no business of mine, 588
consequences of f., 1784
Never submit to f., 2088
Not f., but low aim, is crime, 587
sign that he tried to surpass himself, 586
throw the stone of malice when f. settles its cloud upon our heads, 446
[Water] as a beverage, it’s a failure, 1978
determine to be adult and f., 524
for me and foul for another, 115
many things in life that are not f., 1085
we have as leaders an obligation to be f., 418
not believe in f., 1660
of the trial, 117