Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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into employees, 141
run determines the long run, 868
run doesn’t count, 868
no effort without error and s., 10
I had no leisure to make it s., 2078
fire a single s., 1657
the loudest about Americanism, 61
what kind of a s. they should use to dig the grave of the United States, 2043
not the gentle s., but thunder, 1575
wait until a s. learns to whistle 244
intangible and the beautiful s., 50
labor camps, 1093
dogs bark at the sun, 203
Lord is always on the s. of the right, 704
best way to s. a friend, 610
eternal s. where it [earth] floats, 1742
Great souls endure in s., 1694
is dangerous, 1690
is deep as Eternity, 1691
is golden, 1691
is of Eternity, 1691
Keep s., and we’ll get you safe across, 731
of the good people, 1693
remember what peace there may be in s., 1114
sin be s., 1695
that is better, 1691
time to keep s., and a time to speak, 1810
Be s., even when you are misrepresented, 1119
dumb and s. we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter, 679
majority of my fellow Americans, 1140
remain s. and look wise, 681
purse out of a sow’s ear, 1084
flat, and dish-watery utterances, 1487
Speech is s., 1691
quiet and dignified s., 108
by silence, 1695
making a profit is a s., 138
real s. is taking a loss, 138
to believe evil of others, but seldom a mistake, 562
to waste it [youth] on children, 2097
little s. is a dangerous thing, 1696
virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, s., 58
in the dark, 1836
injustice, a s. crime, a s. illegality, 958
work of a s. man, 902
of the cold-blooded and the s. of the warm-hearted, 749
seven s. are wealth without works, 1697
man s. as many risks as he runs, 1105
[America is] like a Coach and s., 44
lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, 908
involvement with s., 50
is not grandeur, 51
in the sand, 1248
pray cream, and live s. milk, 1111
is the limit, 70
lonesome place against the s., 1108
who shall command the s. not to sing?, 642
not right to glory in the s., 365
land of s. and scare, 62
led, like sheep, to the S., 679
black woman for a s., 1702
Commerce between master and s. is despotism, 1062
economic s. pulling an oar in the galley of the state, 1756
freedom to the s., 1701
half s. and half free, 1851
he who would be no s. must consent to have no s., 648
negro woman for a s., 1702
no land free, that holds one fettered s., 1695
of the lash, 164
That which fundamentally distinguishes the s., 1705
without tools to work out his salvation, 1698
arguing for s., 1704
consists in being subject to the will of another, 1906
He [God] hates injustice and s., 907
impulse to see it [slavery] tried on him personally, 1704
not to speak one’s thought, 1699
rooting out of s., 1706
socialism involves s., 1705
from whom the unfortunate state of things with us takes away the right of will and of property, 1691
in breeding compared with freemen, 1016
perish than live as s., 1634
each night a little better, 1517
snore and you s. alone, 1707
sweetly, tender heart, in peace, 377
enemy, 2069
giant, 2069
of the tongue, 1509
“press on,” 1355
Thou Shalt Not Write Anything Longer than a S., 441
outworn s., 2095
strength is but a matter of s., 52
me down Lord, 1480
conditions, 1892
disease-soaked ruins of a s., 1162
land of s. innuendo, 62
with s. men no great thing can really be accomplished, 1760
land of s. and grab, 62
in trouble, 356
is genuine, 244
nice s., but … iron teeth, 1708
Soviet delegates s., 244
When you call me that, s., 1709
when you say that, partner, 1709
beside my grave … all s. and garlands, 376
establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, 972
blue s. and mirrors, 1415
the rock of the national resources, 813
died with thirst, 265
Fable of the S., 265
do not s. when Mr. Calhoun takes snuff, 559
all Europe s., 559
effete corps of impudent s., 1876
and you sleep alone, 1707
nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, 1439
Lady of the S., 2014
of pessimism, 2099
when Mr. Calhoun takes s., 559
much for so many on so little, 449
much owed by so many to so few, 2052
much with so little, 2060
what he knows for sure just ain’t so, 966
but tomorrow I’ll be s., 2004
drunken men are [as apt] to think themselves s. enough, 2087
balance-wheel of the s. machinery, 498
busy-bodies, 1983
contract, 958
forces, 1714
most important s. service that a government can do, 784
security, 70, 1117
services, 784
State interference in s. relations becomes … superfluous, 1757
tilt of the s. landscape, 1718
try novel s. and economic experiments without risk, 1755
welfare, 1983
creeping s. … in the U.S., 1712
involves slavery, 1705
will claim to be heard, 1595
word s. began to be heard, 925
You would oppose law to s., 993
Cuba, 1657
democracy which … was largely s., 414
economy has become so strong, 1713
propose to supplant the competitive planning of capitalism, 1711
major advances in civilization … all but wreck the s. in which they occur, 183
affluent s., 18, 1896
amenable to s. [for conduct] … which concerns others, 651
American s. is covered with a layer of democratic paint, 64
become[s] less livable as it becomes more affluent, 16
beware, 46
can be judged by entering its prisons, 1527
can justifiably express its dislike, 649
cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, 1051
civilized s. to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors, 178
critical problems of our s., 494
definitions and axioms of free s., 1719
democratic s. is outraged, 1170
dislocation of human identity and motivation created by an affluent s., 1896
few better measures of the concern a s. has for its individual members, 360
free s., 623, 653
fusion of the different elements of s. so imperfect, 1536
good will that holds s. together, 1717
Great S., 2028
Great S. has arrived, 1714
Great S. rests on abundance and liberty for all, 691
has now fairly got the better of individuality, 903
If a free s. cannot help the many who are poor, 623
improving the mind and morals of s., 1924
in which nobody counts for anything, 1716
individual is not accountable to s. for his actions, 649
is a partnership, 1715
is not yet ripe for representative government, 742
must make it right and possible, 19
must take every means at its disposal to defend itself, 445
nature of a s., 1718
necessary to the well-being of s., 1058
not S. for the sake of the State, 787
representative of the whole s., 1757
safety and happiness of s., 782
State exists for the sake of S., 787
supreme goal and the abiding practice of any western s., 901
test of s., 19, 360, 363, 724, 957, 1525, 1527
They will poison s., 46
values and moral standards of our s., 1802
vast restructuring of our s. is needed, 1717
War challenges virtually every other institution of s., 1935
were instituted for the soil, 1590
where enterprise gains no reward, 1716
where law is responsive to human needs, 442
where people can fulfill their own best selves, 1343
which scorns excellence in plumbing, 568
fall proudly a victim in body, 1833
life and death of S. are those of a wise man, 920
said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, 216
as drifting fog, 1109
only a thin layer of s. between himself and starvation, 31
vulnerable reserves of air and s., 477
energy, 309
geothermal, and non-fossil fuels, 527
American S. known but to God, 1734
blood of a single German s., 864
discloses those divine attributes, 1728
God and the s. all men adore, 1731
Honor to the s. and sailor everywhere, 1724
is required to perform the highest act of religious teaching-sacrifice, 1728
most reliable s. on earth, 1722
puts his life at stake, 1725
slighted, 1731
summer s. and sunshine patriot, 1821
without cruelty, 820
keep the s. faith, 1726
help us to tear their s. to bloody shreds 1950
Old s. never die 1727
Our God and S. we alike adore, 1731
slighted, 1731
war the s. tried to stop, 1883
who call upon Thee, 1473
press home to the S., 1181
government without the power of defence is a s., 412
independence of the will of the nation is a s., 943
Thou say’st an undisputed thing in such a s. way, 631
cannot be an American s. to every world problem, 1735
easy s. to every human problem, 1736
Our challenge—and its s.—lies in ourselves, 624
bias for simple s., 1448
sharp and clear-cut s. of difficult and obscure problems, 253
in the s. of them [problems] we can find great pleasure, 1096
chicken! Some neck!, 2056
to get s. else, you must run at least twice as fast, 1650
build me a s., 1469
prodigal s., 635
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, 1469
and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us, 1360
in peace the s. did bury their fathers, 1955
may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, 481
One father is enough to governe one hundred s., 193
errors, s., and false reasonings, 1058
not in s., but in gladness of heart, 843
youth who must inherit the … s. … of war, 1923
to be honest for nothing, 862