Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Safire, William to Shooting
what I meant and meant what I s., 513
what is s. against me, 110
and not drift, not lie at anchor, 5
For what avail the plough or s.,… if freedom fail?, 641
never strike s. to fear, 597
no connexion with any ship that does not s. fast, 848
sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, 5
with God the seas, 597
Your constitution is all s. and no anchor, 334
farther than Ulysses even dreamed of, 129
Fleet s. under Convoy, 44
fleetest S. must wait for the dullest and slowest, 44
I am not a s., 1491
bowl, 49
describing an Italian s., 1867
preparation of a s., 1867
for a race, nation, or class must come from within, 960
some [men] are stationed in S.F., 1092
magic of property turns s. to gold, 1550
see a world in a grain of s., 196
sketches in the s., 1248
wrote my name upon the s., 1215
teeth, s. eyes, s. taste, s. everything, 1158
Yes, Virginia, there is a S.C., 1660
See also Christmas
though she was a woman [was honored], 1996
long enough, 1035
too long here for any good you have been doing lately, 1035
we [England] do not intend to be satellites, 531
is this on government, 1789
the political gods, 1642
one great universal s., 1227
think of your work with s., 2032
child works hard for its living, 200
we pour legislation into the senatorial s. to cool it, 294
laws and s., 996
chief of still more s. men, 1019
lonely s., 839
tame the s. of man, 1864
he [God] need not exist in order to s. us, 702
I s. my money, 2071
of Europe, 534
Don’t s. things, 186
having nothing to s., 1692
I am not going to s. anything I do not think, 673
I didn’t s. that I didn’t s. it, 232
kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, 135
need not fear to s. it, 169
watch what we do instead of what we s., 9
what the critics s., 110
speak and s. nothing, 266
Thou s. an undisputed thing / In such a solemn way, 631
ran his hand over Nick’s shiny s., 2008
corruption and injustice in our nation’s history, 1522
people are looking for s., 524
land of slander and s., 62
impeachment is scarcely a s., 941
be s. of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be, 354
Not one cent for s., 308
and remain fit for anything else, 287
and the means of education, 55
and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War, 1963
lights of perverted s., 2055
main objects of all s., 779
Modern civilization depends on s., 1663
of Government it is my Duty to study, 481
our own cleverness in s., 125
will have moved forward yet one more step, 505
without humanity, 1697
without religion is lame, 1662
and technological achievements, 1134
triumph of s. annihilation, 1258
truth, 1665
What is a s., 1664
two s. in a bottle, 237
first rate land in … S., 554
refuge of a s., 1306
another’s back if he’ll s. mine, 656
advise no one to send his child where the Holy S. are not supreme, 239
from which all heights and depths are measured, 1666
Had washed my feeble lines away, 1215
lashed into fury, 1666
that salts all the waters that flow into it [China], 201
thy s. is so great, 1479
why the s. is boiling hot, 1811
will wash away, 1248
three geographical miles from the s., 1809
duty neglected in its s., 1830
it was the s. of light, it was the s. of darkness, 1818
of suffering, 220
To every thing there is a s., 1810
free man first and an American s., 1396
front in Europe, 2067
office of this government is honorable and easy, 1493
What place does the possibility of a s. front occupy, 2068
Everything s. degenerates, 1668
neither have I gained office by any s. promises, 1492
of success, 1779
you have not chosen me by s. ballot, 1492
no s. from government, 1529
abandon altogether the search for s., 1127
absolute economic and social s., 70
against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty, 496
Americans want is s., 1671
Decency, s. and liberty alike demand, 793
greatest s. of the people, 1052
light … is the best s., 496
live in all possible s., 785
Nation’s s. is at stake, 1530
no s. on this earth, 1672
only s. which freemen desire, 1196
politicians … swear eternal devotion to the ends of peace and s., 631
prefer the illusion of s. to the excitement of danger, 2095
seek opportunity—not s., 71
“temperate and moderate,” are words [of] s., 1199
content to wait and s. what will happen, 1636
the light, 1665
to s., we have only to look, 1467
what is right and not to do it, 1635
faith as a grain of mustard s., 592
of despotism, 1069
this, s., is the promise of America, 68
from the s. to the unseen, 1229
to thine own s. be true, 1675
as young as your s., 2099
nothing is easier than self-deceit, 1677
art of s., 1425
principles of s., 1975
qualifications for s. in society are not innate, 725
predominant principle of s., 425
strikes its jarring gong, 854
man can draw the breath of s., 350
Every one lives by s. something, 1123
representation in our State S., 1592
See also Congress—Senate
and remain fit for anything else, 287
it is more a real life than being a S., 295
a man must learn to be a Representative or a S., 301
value of the Representative or S. increases in proportion to his length of service, 301
See also Congress; Congress—Senate; Congressman; Congressmen
we pour legislation into the s. saucer to cool it, 294
No, I look at the S. and pray for the country, 289
me none but Natives, 1629
citizens, 22
talk s. to the American people, 52, 85
too much for simple honesty and plain s., 259
warp of s. and his woof of nonsense, 625
without hard practical s., 43
man, 3
first—verdict afterwards, 949
under s. of life, 196
powers the parts, 1867
of church and state is absolute, 669
of powers, 789
See also Government—separation of powers
to accept things that cannot be changed, 1472
to accept what cannot be changed, 1472
Russian s., 1698
War is much too s. a matter to be entrusted to the military, 1954
take ourselves s., 1681
preach a better s., 1780
in the House of the Lord, 699
of man, 1613
of the state, 1759
public s. third, 1396
serve my country as a faithful s., 766
troublesome s. and a fearful master, 754
public s., 1507
the national interest, 1381
length of s., 285
necessary for the public good, 1561
of humanity, 1570
to his Country, 30
is at once the consequence of his crime, 1054
profusion and s., 381
sun of a black night, 59
mystery of s. the subject of a coarse jest, 1684
prejudice, 1483
without discrimination because of s., 650
impurity, 167
instinct is not all that he has, 1152
for the liberties of the people, 1455
Friendship is precious, not only in the s., 687
you cannot see the s., 1435
flee away, 1467
those who are in the s. of life, 724
abject, squalid, s. avowal, 2089
made life poetry for me, 2006
ship is always referred to as “s.,” 1689
wolf how many the s. be, 1176
golden opportunity, 68
good men, not s., but honest, 279
morning face, 1158
Don’t give up the s., 990
great s. swims as well as a small cork, 1744
is always referred to as “she,” 1689
is not sinking, 1688
let him not steer the s. from on shore, 1928
See also Three-mile limit
abused because I had no s., 1682
want of a s., 1240
not the means of obtaining s., 1682
Take them [ex-Presidents] out and s. them, 1488
war is over, 233