Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Steward to Taught
of the people, 1505
Speak softly and carry a big s., 629
to the carrot, 2054
of truth turns it fierce, 362
make as much money for their s., 143
beyond the cutting of the s., 458
head s. of the corner, 91
of the heart, 1659
which the builders refused, 91
bomb them back into the Stone Age, 127
I see the s. coming, 907
the whirlwind, and the earthquake, 1575
of heaven and s. of battle, 1724
the last king with the guts of the last priest, 965
resort to all sorts of s., 245
righteousness as a mighty s., 931
of revenue gushed forth, 813
no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the s., 1383
of our country are in turmoil, 155
won’t buy him clean s., 17
action today to ensure our s. tomorrow, 1772
exercise our s. with wisdom and restraint, 662
I asked God for s., 1477
In Union there is s., 1859
is but a matter of slogans, 52
makes detente attainable, 404
of the general government, 405
of the Pack is the Wolf, 1865
of the Wolf is the Pack, 1865
righteousness of our cause must always underlie our s., 662
to endure the misfortunes of others, 1773
today, 1772
process of living is the process of having s., 1122
time of s. and strain, 1908
at every favorable opportunity, 2061
For future generations of your sons and daughters, s., 2061
For your homes and hearths, s., 2061
In the name of your sacred dead, s., 2061
laborer can s. if he wants to, 1776
no right to s. against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time, 1775
for ever gleam, 602
Stars and S., 601
mightily, 11
and successful governments, 750
battle … is not to the strong alone, 1061
be s. for the rest, 1233
enough to know when he is weak, 1469
in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield, 575
make a people great and s., 1234
man stumbles, 10
only the productive can be s., 1774
Only the s. can be free, 1774
too s. for the liberties of the people, 733
weakening the s., 1117
than its weakest think, 1807
we are, the better partners we shall be, 531
against a powerful and resourceful enemy, 580
against the common enemies of man, 516
between Liberty and Authority, 1071
burden of a long twilight s., 516
history … presents a picture of uninterrupted s., 1957
If there is no s. there is no progress, 443
in which we have been so long engaged, 1922
long, patient, costly s. … over the great enemies of man, 85
this book has been for the author of long s. of escape, 875
unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible s., 560
has given up / When he might have captured the victor’s cup 1358
to maintain the government, not to overthrow it, 732
to their jobs, 1356
have not tried to overthrow the Government, 221
rebelling and rioting, 155
Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to s., 481
for a score of years, 26
when a s. man is doing something he is ashamed of, 472
forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of s., 84
original s., 2075
which never borrows of any one, 2075
word in our language [duty], 469
mobs should … not depend on government for s., 795
If it does not s., 110
If it does s., 110
it is worse never to have tried to s., 589
proposed operation likely to s., 1784
we ought not to s. unless we do have the people with us, 1332
without it, nothing can s., 1557
Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot s., 1497
difficult task and we s., 1884
begins with a fellow’s will, 1436
born fighter … who can dispense with s., 1087
Do not be fobbed off with mere personal s., 2088
do us honor when s. is with us, 446
in modern war requires … careful preparation, 1726
in modern war requires something more than courage, 1726
intoxicated with unbroken s., 53
is the necessary misfortune of life, 1785
is won / By any chance, 656
leap in the dark to our s., 1786
mediocrity of s., 2084
only one s., 1783
Push. One of two things mainly conducive to s., 1412
road to s., 1777
secret of s., 1779
we deserved, 139
without having to fire a single shot, 1657
against all big s., 822
I like not these great s. of yours, 1781
I want s. men as my associates, 588
season of s., 220
shall follow vice, 783
endure the most terrible s., though medical science could avert them, 1609
despotic reality of universal s., 1595
for one-eighth of the entire population, 119
Universal s. … could not long exist, 1549
Universal s. exists in the United States without producing any frightful consequences, 1904
germs of double s., 1258
never was a democracy yet that did not commit s., 413
we must live through all time, or die by s., 522
of the whole matter, 230
soldier and sunshine patriot, 1821
misery, 16
and not the moon, 1222
behold for the last time the s., 1855
In Sichuan dogs bark at the s., 203
it is a rising, and not a setting s., 323
keeps pace with the s., 1808
no new thing under the s., 1301
nothing new under the s., 1301
rising s. fresh from the burning, 59
setting s. of a black night, 59
If you see it in The Sun it’s so, 1660
one great poem of New England is her S., 1241
is said to be the best of disinfectants, 1572
radiance of a thousand s., 123
keep your face to the s., 1435
of life, 687
patriot, 1821
like being compelled by a s., 909
position assigned to the white race, 1578
to all men, 1349
wisdom and virtue of our own, 53
any friend, 1066
Governments do not and cannot s. the people, 781
of the people, 777
their Government, 777
the free expression of thought, 1642
free speech, 1653
appointment of Earl Warren, 924
has even ruled that I am the executive branch, 282
nor should this Court … be thought of as a general haven for reform movements, 326
See also Judiciary
Black, Hugo L.
on citizenship, 214
Brandeis, Louis D.
on government, 707
on government—separation of powers, 789
on government officials, 793
on liberty, 1048–1049
on the state, 1755
Brennan, William J., Jr.
On obscenity, 1261
Douglas, William O.
on censorship, 167
on lawyers, 1015
on privacy, 1529
Frankfurter, Felix
on equality, 551
on law, 1005
on wisdom, 1998
Fuller, Melville Weston
on government, 717
Harlan, John Marshall
on the Constitution, 326
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
on freedom of speech, 675
on legislature, 1037
on regulation, 1586
on rivers, 1645
on taxation, 1792
on the state, 1758
on truth, 1835
on women, 2013
on words, 2020
Jackson, Robert H.
on freedom, 647
on regulation, 1587
Marshall, John
comments by Andrew Jackson, 939
on states rights, 1762
on taxation, 1798
Sutherland, George
on liberty, 1077
Warren, Earl
on legislators, 1032
of the dock and much surer of the noose, 1953
thing, 172
what he knows for s. just ain’t so, 966
Whoever can s. well must conquer, 1988
we shall never s., 1354
everyone is open to s., 1529
On their resolution depends the s. of us all, 477
rises to power / From one s., 1452
tobacco across the lines, 260
not at all, 1805
In the s. of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 977
and fitting to die for one’s country, 367
enough [fools] to fatten the s., 606
arbitrament of the s., 222
conquered for a while, 1750
nation shall not lift up s. against nation, 1956
Russia’s [conquests are made] with the s., 2045
beat their s. into plowshares, 1956
ready hands and keen s., 1941
of union for [the United] States, 1867
reverence to their s., 183
is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit, 721
lost faith in the s., 752
adequacy of its political s., 1935
giant organized s., 224
dogs bark at the sun, 203
supped at labor’s t., 985
of China is large and will not be wagged, 201
Is unwaggable national t., 201
can be in on the t., 1386
direction in which t. and ambition flow, 1718
extraordinary collection of t., 823
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with t., 1355
undamaged in a napkin, 1505
which society has helped to develop in you, 494
cannot do work, but can do t. only, 1034
Don’t ever t. until you know what you are talking about, 284
of many things, 1811
[Parliament] can do t. only, 1034
sense to the American people, 52, 85
unlimited quantities of foolish t., 1033
and impertinently busy, 1941
the savageness of man, 1864
and the functional expand, 50
man who was t. and feathered, 1498
great and noble t., 2029
persons of t. and cultivation, 108
virtues and their t. … from the limited patterns which the market offers, 258
us how to die, 1222
us how to live, 1222