Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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Countswhat c. now is … what we are for, 107Courage, 353–356
acts of c. and belief that human history is shaped, 8
acts of c. with which men … have lived, 355
come into port greatly, 597
For this [c.] each man must look into his soul, 355
high and resolute c., 11
of life is often a less dramatic spectacle, 365
One man with c. makes a majority, 900
people is of weak c., 1176
predominance of c. over timidity, 2095
success in modern war requires more than c., 1726
to be the secret of liberty, 1049
to change things, 1472
to change what should be changed, 1472
to enter the moral conflict, 1212
to liberty, 1238
to pay the price, 1127
to stand up to one’s enemies, 1604
virtues of c., honor, justice, 58
want of c., 1635
what c. [leads us], 107
which is nourished by the love of independence, 1647Couriers
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these c., 1439Court
Constitution which is the law and not the decision of the C., 338
of history sits in judgment, 1604Courtesy
certain c. that has to be observed, 281Courting
a girl, 1460Covenants
Such subtle C. shall be made, 1960Cover
tricks and betrayal, 1670Covers
Dixie like the Dew, 1244Covet
Thou shalt not c., 1804–1805Cow
United States is not just an old c., 612Coward
be scared of a c. the same as a brave man has got to be, 354Cowardice
[from] c. … they are unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it [free government], 741
political c., 1199Cox Corridor II. See Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., inscriptions.Crash-landing
involved in the c., 1386Crazy
If I wanted to go c. I would do it in Washington, 1970Cream
pray, c.; and live skim milk, 1111Creation
world of books is the most remarkable c. of man, 129Creative
flow dries up, 1681
increase respect for the c. individual, 98
inverse proportion to our c. capacity, 1681
most c. statesmen in modern history, 1622Creativeness
virile c. has given place, 708Creature
of the people, 1039Credentials
no c. but Himself, 916Credit, 357–359
abolition of all c., 358
coin, c., and circulation, 1200
dead corpse of the Public C., 813
is good, 809
is the lifeblood of business, 367
is the vital air of the system of modern commerce, 369
is to money what money is to articles of merchandise, 359
represents hard money, 359
strangulation of c., 357Credulity
taxes our c., 1532 “A Creed for Those Who Have Suffered,” 1477Creeping
socialism, 1712Crime
comes last of all, 950
I should consider it a c., 1606
If there has been any c., 951
Not failure, but low aim, is c., 587
single c. shatters … the whole social pact, 958
to waste it [youth] on children, 2097Crimes
Government may commit c., 707Criminal
left, 154
no distinctly native American c. class except Congress, 275Criminals, 360
the way it handles c., 360Crimson
light of a rising sun, 59Crisis
is not just material, 806
of the spirit, 806Critic
not the c. who counts, 10Criticism
benefit of patriotic and intelligent c., 171
no c. of the President, 1607Criticize
right to c. their own public officials, 171
something they do not understand, 76Criticized
the court, 362Critics, 361–362
Bullfight c. row on row, 14
Let dull c. feed upon the carcases of plays, 361
seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress, 263
Suiting my style to want the c. want, 656
Too many c. mistake the deliberations of Congress, 269
what the c. say won’t matter, 110Crockett David (Davy) (1786–1836), 65Crook
I am not a c., 1564Crops
without plowing up the ground, 443Cross
crucify mankind upon a c. of gold, 27
humanity hanging from a c. of iron, 403“Cross of Gold” speech, 27Crown
press down upon the brow of labor this c. of thorns, 27Crucify
mankind upon a cross of gold, 27Cruelty
not justice, 969Cry
of a single hungry child, 811
too big to c.,… too badly hurt to laugh, 399Crystal
word is not a c., transparent and unchanged, 2020Cuba
we won a Socialist C., 1667Cultivation
persons of taste and c., 108Cultivators
of the earth, 29Cultural
opportunities, 96Culture
further the appreciation of c. among all the people, 98Cultures
of Asia and the continent of Africa, 182Cunning
never equalled since the times of the Roman Emperors, 1663Cure
work is the grand c. of all the maladies and miseries, 2024Curiosity
can be vivid and wholesome, 487
a little foolishness and a lot of c., 1133
of young minds, 487Currency
debauch the c., 1206
tampers with the c., 1209Curse
Bigness is still the c., 137
on those who come afterwards, 697
with equal fervor and fine impartiality both labor and its adversaries, 985Curtain
decision whether the c. is to be raised at all, 1369
iron c. has descended, 234Cynic
believes the long run doesn’t matter, 868Cynical
grown c. from long service, 296
Neither be c. about love, 1114Cynicism
ice of c., 2099
refusing to succumb to either c. or hopelessness, 524Cynic’s
hurl the c. ban, 685Cyrano de Bergerac, 656da Vinci, Leonardo. See Vinci, Leonardo da.Dagger
hand that held the d., 113Dam
Not worth a Continental d., 1208Damndest
He done his d., 1515Damned
dwell in the House of the D. forever, 852
the United States in three years, 1519Dance
time to d., 1810Danger
As soon as there is life there is d., 1819
At what point, then, is the approach of d. to be expected?, 522
bravely dares the d. nature shrinks from, 353
chief d. arises from the democratic parts of our constitutions, 336
clear and present d., 675
comes for the generation your contemporary, 676
defending freedom in its hour of maximum d., 661
from within and from without, 155
grave national d., 2065
liberties in such eminent d. as at present, 525
of disturbing the public tranquility, 335
prefer the illusion of security to the excitement of d., 2095
resistance to a common d., 688
that he may die, 1105
that liberty should be undervalued, 904
true d. is when liberty is nibbled away, 1053
which threatens human nature, 903Dangerous
class, 46
condition of the neglected classes in our city, 46
Doing for people … is a d. experiment, 1983
little sincerity is a d. thing, 1696
silence is d., 1690Dangers
not from the outrageous but from the conforming, 258
public debt as the greatest of the d. to be feared, 383
to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment of men of zeal, 1048Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), 1093DAR. See Daughters of the American Revolution.Dare
few who d., must speak and speak again, 1695
to dream, 54
while others fly, 1234Dares
who d. to teach must never cease to learn, 1799Dark
Character is what you are in the d., 187Darkness
cannot drive out d., 1893
curse the d. 448
season of d. 1818Dartmouth College
there are those who love it, 240Darwin, Sir Charles Robert (1809–1882), 309Date
which will live in infamy, 2066Daughter
am I in my mother’s house, 2014Daughters of the American Revolution, 882, 1711Davis, Jefferson (1808–1889), 1822Dawn
Exhortation of the D., 1106
of Victory, sat down to wait and waiting—died, 1823
Salutation of the D., 1106Day
breaks and the shadows flee away, 1467
first d. of the rest of your life, 1825
follow, as the night the d., 1675
is perpetual morning, 1808
is here, 218
is short, 2022
of Deliverance, 896
what is so rare as a d. in June 2072Days
of wine and roses, 460
Then, if ever, come perfect d. 2072D-Day, 1474Dead
all except our own [civilization] appear to be d., 228
all men at last are equal, 368
democracy of the d., 368
gloat over the d., 365
have neither powers or rights over it [earth], 1298
In the long run we are all d., 693
land of the d., 1136
living from the d., 482
living will envy the d., 1257
manner in which a nation or a community cares for its d., 363
partnership … between those who are d., 1715
rather be Red than d., 128
roses after I’m d., 1217
soul so d., 1310
those who are d., and those who are to be born, 1715Dear
never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be d. to you, 1116