Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Faith to Force
absolute f. corrupts absolutely, 1448
as a grain of mustard seed, 592
as young as your f., 2099
form may survive the substance of the f., 717
grant us a common f., 1463
in democracy, 752
is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves, 409
Let us move forward with strong and active f., 695
lost f. in everything we fight and spend for, 752
sign and symbol of a man without f, 863
Some will lose f. in them [rulers], 1020
triumphant result of f. in human kind, 514
utmost good f. shall always be observed towards the Indians, 55
what f. [leads us], 107
When I examined my political f., 414
both f. into the ditch, 2087
if these columns f., 755
of British liberty, 1067
unless we stand for something, we shall f. for anything, 106
canst not then be f. to any man, 1675
witness, 1804–1805
which interest dictates, and credulity encourages, 1925
air was f., 1686
lived for ends more durable than f., 549
of the brave outlives him, 886
precarious f., 376
true f. … is to be acquired only by noble deeds, 502
proud cliff, 593
Average American is just like the child in the f., 83
bind together all the branches of the human f., 1536
happiest moments of my life have been [spent] in the bosom of my f., 842
harmful to my f., 1606
honorable exile from one’s f., 842
rather start a f. than finish one, 121
useful to my f. and not to my country, 1606
in his narratives, 1175
[in history the] second time as f., 856
destroy our f., 27
leave our f., 27
break-down in Italy followed by f., 2046
America will one day go f. democratically, 1907
opera ain’t over till the f. lady sings, 1817
great deal of it [sincerity] is absolutely f., 1696
book of f., 1576
Concern for the man himself and his f., 1661
finger of f., 505
is Freedom / Grace and Surprise, 1856
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of f., 1062
of this country depends [on education], 485
of unborn Millions, 1627
starveling of F. forgets himself into immortality, 1110
terror of overhanging f., 51
that falls on men, 1
Honor thy f. and thy mother, 1804
One f. is enough to governe one hundred sons, 193
[to] a boy of 14, my f. was so ignorant, 2003
transmit my f. not diminished, 100
brought up in my f. house to believe in democracy, 1333
founding f., 1999
in wars the f. did bury their sons, 1955
result vindicates the foresight of the f., 1974
victory has 100 f., 1872
we confront tasks … [different] … from those which our f. faced, 697
terrors of f., 1097
of supporting it [freedom], 664
immoral, illegal, or f., 846
excusing of a f. / Doth make the f. the worse by excuse, 837
admitted of peaceable and legal remedies, 737
are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves, 318
Constitution, with all its f., 322
knowledge of her f., 1460
as old as your f., 2099
brave man is not he who feels no f., 353
do not f. to die, 1121
early and provident f. is the mother of safety, 595
free every man from f., 785
freedom from f., 655
frivolous f., 1082
let us never f. to negotiate, 598
Let us never negotiate out of f., 598
mind is shackled or made impotent through f., 671
need not f. to say it, 169
never strike sail to a f., 597
not in f., but in hope, 54
not to f. the young, 19
Nothing is so much to be feared as f., 600
only thing we have to f. is f. itself, 599
result not of caution but of f., 596
singing in the dark does not dispel f., 1836
was translated into doctrines, 925
public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be f., 383
worst to be f., 403
historian should be f. and incorruptible, 1748
city, 1974
district, 512
We are f., 1596
of the world, 2038
him for a lifetime, 484
bite the hand that f. them, 906
man who had no f., 1682
of clay, 248
were bare, 1682
which always escapes him, 86
delinquency, 163
immigrants, 882
revolutionaries, 1615
Commend her among her f. acquaintances, 1460
Extremes that f. all efforts in, 659
prejudices of the f., 314
so f. have been asked to do so much for so many on so little, 449
so much owed by so many to so f., 2052
value of money, 1203
like a ripe f. of wheat where once drove plough, 915
of friendly strife, 1874
women in combat might be too f., 1190
Column, 408
At f., chides his infamous delay, 1223
calls f. a f., 1748
for his rights, 1191
for the right, 1634
for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, 2049
for things sacred / And things profane, 100
I have not yet begun to f., 1625
in the fields and in the streets, 1354
in the hills, 1354
not to enslave, 665
nothing which he is willing to f. for, 1934
on the beaches, 1354
on the landing grounds, 1354
rearm in order to f., 401
their way to many a liberty, 1076
time to f., and that time has now come, 1936
war with arms while the diplomats … f. it with words, 247
we must f., 1922
when there is no hope of
victory, 1634
born f. … who can dispense with success, 1087
aggressive f. for the right, 1637
you on patriotic principles, 535
America’s f. hours, 1884 hour, 2055
of fate, 505
the work we are in, 1325
count on us [America] to furnish the [f.] hose and water, 626
Don’t f. unless fired upon, 1940
for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered f., 1134
glow from that f. can truly light the world, 770
hearts were touched with f., 2091
how much f. you have in your belly, 1089
instruction we find in books is like f., 2080
like a f. bell in the night, 1700
not light that is needed, but f., 1575
of genius, in the discovery and production of new and useful things, 1535
of genius was extinguished, 1647
a single shot, 1657
wars have been precipitated by f., 253
of freedom … burn low, 654
in the right, 1325
Amendment, 167, 1015
by whom the New are tried, 2021
free man f. and an American second, 1396
is but a splendid misery, 1493
rocks of loose f. policy, 480
Give a man a f. and you feed him for a day, 484
Teach a man to f. and you feed him for a lifetime, 484
star in our constitutional constellation, 647
behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, 1855
loved but one f., 1026
our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom, 1364
pledge allegiance to the F. of the United States, 1363
Rally round the f., boys, 601 Your f. and my f., 602
[blue battle-flag inscribed] Don’t give up the ship, 990
tattered f. of the tented field, 778
pulpits f. with righteousness, 829
Which naught but tears can drown, 844
of the day, 1028
fawn and f. to avoid a sneer, 656
the people in order to betray them, 63
he should spread it on, not in thin layers, 1391
to give or to receive f., 1459
Unseduced by F., 549
unwarranted f., 1403
like friendly apes, to pick the f. from each other’s fur, 2079
from himself and denying his human nature, 1000
sailing under Convoy, 44
the works of men, 1220
He who f. proves himself guilty, 835
of the human mind, 1195
before we f. farther on the waves of this debate, 1286
Faded the f., 1219
give them the f. now, 1218
chariot in which a man may sit, 1744
go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the f., 1950
oppose any f., 1066
without hate, 820
See also Enemies; Enemy
as the night the day, 1675
I must f. them, for I am their leader, 1021
know how to f., too, 1023
State must f. and not lead the character and progress of the citizen, 1004
by the exposure of folly … it is defeated, 681
going underground to escape the consequences of his own f., 125
three things which are real: God, human f., and laughter, 1095
war contains so much f., 1932
words of delusion and f., 1855
all of the people all of the time, 609
all of the people some of the time, 609
an assembly of great men is the greatest f. upon earth, 608
At thirty man suspects himself a f., 1223
if a man is a f.,… encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking, 681
keeps a f. at court, 1156
power to make a f. of himself, 1898
silence any friend of yours whom you know to be a f., 610
some of the people all the time, 609
whosoever shall say, Thou f., shall be in danger of hell fire, 605
consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, 1194
he [Abraham Lincoln] was, 1110
more f., 23
age of f., 1818
old men know young men are f., 607
[patriotism] is the first, last and middle range of f., 1306
percentage of f. in this country, 606
Twenty-seven millions, mostly f., 606
young men think old men are f., 607
what counts now is … what we are f., 107
whom the bell tolls, 134
use of f. should not be excluded, 253