Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Bad to Bondage
Badadministration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, 1372
from b. to worse, 177
good administration can never save b. policy, 1372
growing old … a b. habit, 25
if men be b., let government be never so good, 745
Let men be good, and the government cannot be b., 745
nothing so b. or so good that you will not find an Englishman doing it, 535
When b. men combine, 560Balance-wheel
of the social machinery, 498Balanced
budget, 379, 795, 801, 1411Ballot
is stronger than the bullet, 1903Band
begins to play, 1723Bank
mania, 101
robbers to work in a b., 1588Bankruptcy
and ruin were as remote as ever, 387
and ruin were at hand, 387
put the Nation into b., 388
road to b., 809Banks and banking, 101Banned
Books won’t stay b., 168Banner
mongrel b. invented for a league, 1026Bao Dai (1913– ), 1878Baptists
Catholics can go to Heaven, so can B., 897Barbaric
and atavistic forces will stand in awe, 1861Barbarism
from b. to degeneration, 47Barbarous
relic, 1205Bare
stripped b. by the curse of plenty, 15Bargain
for the graves we lie in, 2072
I had made, 2071Bataan, 2060
is like a child in a family who dies, 2058Battle
as you go into b., 1732
care for him who shall have borne the b., 1325
died gloriously on the field of b., 370
give ’em b., 1987
Grant us fair weather for b., 1473
is not to the strong alone, 1061Battle of Britain, 2055Bay of Pigs invasion, 1872Bayonet
glittering b., 222Be
To be. what no one ever was, 659Beacon
of hope to the world, 65
[let] your b. [be] beauty, 1360Beacons
Shine for us, dear b., 1474Bear
any burden, 1066
the burden, 89Beast
save both man and b., 89
Your people sir, is nothing but a great b., 1334Beasts
humble b., who with us bear the burden, 89Beat
If you can’t b. ’em, 257Beaten
nation … does not get b., 660The Beatitudes, 102Beautiful
Patience makes a woman b., 2016Beauty, 103–104
America which will not be afraid of b., 104
Faded the shape of b., 1219
Faded the sight of b., 1219
[let] your beacon [be] b., 1360Because
it is there, 1741Become
such as she [the land] would b., 475Bed-fellows
Politics makes strange b., 1431Bedlam
We commit honest maniacs to B., 926Bedrooms
of the nation, 1685Bee
is on the wing, 470Beef, beef, beef, 277Beer
[British] are like their own b., 536Beggar
is taxed for a corner to die in, 2072Beggars
millionaire and many b., 39Begin
the world over again, 2035
with a single step, 1533Belief, 106–107
epoch of b., 1818
strongest b. was in democracy, 414
that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, 599
that the real sin is taking a loss, 138Beliefs
revolutions in an individual’s b., 1837Believable
we must make government b., 715Believe
Do not b. what your teacher tells you, 105
don’t b. in God, 1743
don’t b. in labels, 1396
in a fate, 1
in action before acting, 2
in man, 1743
in their dreams, 2096
in themselves, 2096
nothing, O monks, 105
that grave modifications of the policy … may be voted in or out, 1004
that truth is the glue that holds government together, 255, 1831
that we are lost here in America, 67
we shall be found, 67
young civilians who b. that the laws make the city, 1004Believes
to be true, 1677Bell
for whom the b. tolls, 134
like a fire b. in the night, 1700
tolls for thee, 134Belly
how much fire you have in your b., 1089Bend
to the collective will of their peoples, 1767Beneficence
comprehensive b. of the founder, 1710Benign
neglect, 1579Benso, Camillo, Conte di Cavour. See Cavour.Bequeath
deprive them of benefits which it was in our power to b., 1608Berlin
citizens of B., 215Bermuda, 108Berliner
Ich bin ein B., 215Best, 109–112
do his b. and be his b., 1081
do the very b. I know how, 110
does the b. he can, 1515
done my b., 513
done the b. you can, 109
for the b., 112
generation of mankind in the history of the world, 545
of all possible worlds, 112
of times, it was the worst of times, 1818
picture has not yet been painted, 111
to be expected, 403
vote fer th’ b. man, 1899Betray
a jay will b., 305
flatter the people in order to b. them, 63Betrayal, 113–114Betrayed
with a kiss, 1921Better
a thousand fold abuse of speech than a denial of free speech, 672
I would he were b., 1392
100 guilty Persons should escape, 953
perhaps a little b., 1679
that ten guilty persons escape, 953
Wars are … far b. than certain kinds of peace, 1965Beverage
[Water] as a b., it’s a failure, 1978Beware
of Greeks bearing gifts, 118Bible
ghosted you up a swell story, too, / Called it B., 917
of democracy, 1247
See also Bible in author indexBicentennial of American Independence, 65
See also Revolutionary war (1775–1783)Big
achieve political power and do b. things, 1361Bigger
cars, bigger parking lots, bigger …, 50Bigness
against b. and greatness in all their forms, 822
impressed by your b., 51
is still the curse, 137Bigotry
gives to b. no sanction, 670Bill of Rights, 132, 394, 1389Billion
dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, 797
here, a billion there, 800Billions
borrow b. for war, 1919Bind
up the nation’s wounds, 1325Bipartisan
foreign policy, 634Bipartisanship
meant consultation in advance, 1386Bird
I call that b. a duck, 1278
little b. that has broken out of the egg, 2085
that walks like a duck, 1278Birminghams
Manchesters and B., 1847Birth
parents who merely gave them b., 482Bite
the hand that feeds them, 906Black
lawyers for blacks, 1015
let the word … “b.” be stricken, 119
night of despair, 59
power, 116
woman for a slave, 1702Black, Hugo La Fayette (1886–1971), eulogy, 376Black Panthers, 117Blackguard
a coward, and a liar, 1447Blacklist, 115Blackmail
Laws … are made by a process of b. and intimidation, 1039Blacks, 116–119Blame
him when he does wrong, 1507Bleeding
hearts, 445Blessed
act of oblivion, 1294
are the meek, 102
are the merciful, 102
are the peacemakers, 102
are the poor in spirit, 102
are the pure in heart, 102
are they that mourn, 102
are they which are persecuted, 102
are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, 102
are those among nations, 1233
are ye, when men shall revile you, 102
is the man … abstains from giving us wordy evidence, 1692Blessing
on This House, 1462Blessings
of freedom, 663–664
on our deliberations, 703
to all the peoples and powers of earth, 1470
were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own, 53Blind
leading the blind, 2087
let us not be b. to our differences, 436
Religion without science is b., 1662
until we see, 1149
veneration for antiquity, 82
with the lust for money, 832Bliss
of Dante has been lost in our civilization, 1093Blondin, Charles (Originally Jean-François Gravelet) (1824–1897), 731Blood, 120–121
all of one b., 1481
American b. shed in the field, 2047
and sweat and tears, 57
expence of so much time, b., and treasure, 525
for the liberty of Ethiopia, 1721
how he dealt in b., 120
I am in b. / Stepp’d so far, 114
magic to stir men’s b., 1360
mixture of b., 48
next [constitution] will be drawn in b., 341
of Christians is seed, 1065
of patriots and tyrants, 1065
of their ancestors, 63
road covered with b., 1937
spend her [America’s] b. and her might for the principles that gave her birth, 2049
strange mixture of b., 48
toil, tears and sweat, 1870
toils, sufferings, and b. of their ancestors, 63
will tell, 121Bloodless
substitute for life, 133Blood-stained
steel, 778Blow
against freedom and decency and justice, 1746
the bugles, 218Blue
smoke and mirrors, 1415Boast
ancestors never b., 121Boat
my b. is so small, 1479Bodies
unless the b. politick will exert themselves, 525Body
an irresponsible b., 941
like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, 942
pass from this b. to another, 1752Bohemia, 122
master to B. is master of Europe, 122Bolshevik
it will be a B. forever, 194Bomb
hydrogen b., 126
them back into the Stone Age, 127Bomber
cost of one modern day heavy b., 403Bombs
bluff about their b., 1881
lead to the construction of b. 124Bombs and bombing, 123–128Bond
strongest b. of human sympathy, 980
though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad, 1831Bondage
to spiritual truth, 1238