Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Military to Mystification
Militaryinstruction a regular part of collegiate education, 1187
leader, 1729
manliness to which the m. mind so faithfully clings, 526
order and property would be saved by a strong m. government, 421
preparedness, 493
rejects include tomorrow’s hard core unemployed, 1189
spirit evaporated, 1647
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the m., 1954Military affairs, 1176–1185Military-industrial complex, 1177Military service, 1186–1193Millionaire
one m. and many beggars, 39Millionaires
eight m. and one plumber, 1510Millions
fate of unborn M., 1627
for defense, 804
yet unborn, 1630Milton, John (1608–1674), 1574Mimesis
withdrawal of m. on the part of the majority, 227Mind, 1194–1198
Almighty God hath created the m. free, 667
aristocrat in morals as in m., 188
at work for itself, 1282
can invent peace with justice, 1959
creations of our m., 1661
cultivated m. is the guardian genius of Democracy, 1196
emancipation of m., 639
he who can alter my state of m., 818
improving the m. and morals of society, 1924
is contented and happy, 487
is shackled or made impotent through fear, 671
it [hanging] concentrates his m. wonderfully, 369
Let them m. their own affairs, 1008
light over the public m., 496
military m., 526
of man is never satisfied, 1195
progress of the human m., 178
state of m., 1436
To educate a man in m. and not in morals, 500
to preserve the freedom of the human m., 676
tyranny over the m. of man, 1844
War is an invention of the human m., 1959
[Youth] is a state of m., 2099Minds
business of little m. to shrink, 356
chance favors only those m. which are prepared, 174
curiosity of young m., 487
hobgoblin of little m., 1194
men’s immortal m., 1198
narrow m., 1663
of your young men, 2086
wars begin in the m. of men, 1966Mine
personnel m., 2070
vehicular m., 2070Minerva
birth of M. from the brain of Jove, 813Minimal
more m. the art, 95Minimum
for the wages of women, 2013
of jolt, 1837Minister
from the devil himself, if he wore a crown, we should receive a m., 614Ministers
business of m. … to consult … the people, 794Minority
failure of creative power in the m., 227
Hates a m., 1141
rich, who are always a m., 1139
should be ready to yield to a majority, 414
To protect the weak and the m., 786Miracles
happen all the time, 69Miraculous
takes a little longer, 1183Mirrors
and blue smoke, 1415
blue smoke and m., 1415
only way you can do that is with m., 1411Mischievous
position on almost every public question was … m., 1274Misery
affluent m., 17
annual expenditure twenty pounds ought six, result m., 380
bonds of mass m., 623
first is but a splendid m., 1493
I saw, and a great part of which I was, 1951
of old age, 21
Physical m. is great everywhere out here [Africa], 1609
plague America with m. in the name of liberty, 1047
produce that m. which he strives in vain to relieve, 566
sumptuous m., 16
trafficking in human m., 832Misfortune
Success is the necessary m. of life, 1785Misfortunes
strength to endure the m. of others, 1773Missiles, 407Mississippi, 1985Mistake
Biggest damfool m. I ever made, 924
sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a m., 562Mistakes
face reality and our past m., 1836Mistress
in my own [house], 2014Mistresses
your Lordship’s principles, or your Lordship’s m., 372Mitchell, John Newton (1913– ), 1394Mob
are called to suppress the free expression of thought, 1642
infuriated and degraded m., 46
only difference between a m. and a trained army is organization, 1375Mobs
of great cities, 1337
should … not depend on government, 795Mock
patriotism, 1641Mocked
power which dominates in the United States does not understand being m., 362Mockery
a sham, a pretense—the sheerest m., 671
of a trial, 916Mocking bird speech, 295Moderately
good is not so good as it ought to be, 1199Moderation, 1199
in principle, is a species of vice, 1199
in temper, is always a virtue, 1199
in the pursuit of justice is no virtue, 581Modernization
see the processes of m. in motion, 182Moles
force us to live underground with the m., 125Molière (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622–1673), 362Moments
of unutterable fulfillment, 922Mona Lisa
painted by a club, 898Monarchy
abuses of m., 1597
everything republican which was not m., 1597
gradually transforms itself into a republic, 1598
Republic or a M., 1593
virtually and substantially a m., 425Mondale, Walter F. (1928– ), 1611Monday’s
child is fair in face, 200Money, 1200–1209
appropriation of public m. always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill, 797
blind with the lust for m., 832
buying nothing without the m. in our pockets to pay for it, 358
Credit is to m. what m. is to articles of merchandise, 359
duty to make m. and still more m., 1207
I saved my m., 2071
is power, 1201
patronage of m., 803
paying our own m. for unexplained projects, 802
people’s m., 801
power to make m., 1207
pretty soon you’re talking about real m., 800
spending other people’s m., 805
spending the public m., 799
value of m., 1203
we do spend on Government 807Money’s
get their m. worth, except for these [taxes], 1789Moneys
dispensation of the public m., 802Mongrel
banner invented for a league, 1026Monied
aristocracy, 101Monkeys
might write all the books in the British Museum, 2076Monogamists
who don’t monog, 1168Monroe Doctrine, 629–630Monument
pedestal waiting for a m., 161
The Republic is his m., 830Monuments
of man’s pride, 822Moon
first radio message from, 1737
first words spoken on, 1738
landing a man on the m., 1740
means invented of journeying to the m., 1744
See also Space explorationMoral
chains upon their own appetites, 1051
complaisance, 258
courage to enter the m. conflict, 1212
dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and m. disintegration, 1984
equivalent of war, 526
factor involved, 1085
imagination is missing, 442
imperatives with a Southern strategy, 444
invisible molecular m. forces, 822
not measures of m. judgment, 627
period of m. crisis, 1211
place of m. leadership. 1504
power is to physical as three parts out of four, 1213
progress, 1663
sanction and support wherever she thinks that justice is, 533
standards and values, 1018
standards of our society, 1802
test of government, 724
This struggle may be a m. one, 443
tide of the moment, 1025
till all are m., 1350Morale
is to material as is the ratio of three to one, 1213Morality, 1210–1214
and knowledge, being necessary to good government, 55
commerce without m., 1697
fundamental principle of m., 1214
I know but one code of m. for men, 667Morally
and intellectually superior to all men, 1349
no matter how m. wrong he may be, 982
not progressed m., 1538
treasonable, 1507
wrong, 1640Morals
aristocrat in m., 188
have need of the laws, 1011
improving the mind and m. of society, 1924
Rome’s decline lay in her … m., 1646
To educate a man in mind and not in m., 500More
government which attempts m., 781
No man can do m., 513
will sometimes be demanded of you than is reasonable, 1119
You cannot do m., 469Mormons, 1168Morning
day is a perpetual m., 1808
shall always come, 1517Mortal
all men m. but themselves, 1223
power, 865
remember that thou art m., 1224Mortality, 1215–1224Mortifying
Every proceeding respecting myself has been so thoroughly m., 1626Mother
fear is the m. of safety, 595
Honor thy father and thy m., 1804
My m., drunk or sober, 345
of Exiles, 1770
owe to my angel m., 1225
a word that means the world to me, 1226Mother-power
sheer waste of m., 1165Mother’s
ashes, 1067Mothers, 1225–1226Motive
right m., 1909
which impels them, 1307Motives, 1227–1231
not inquire too curiously into m., 1228
value world sets upon m., 1230Motto
E pluribus unum, 1867
I heartily accept the m., 753
Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable, 1855
toward the Congress, 264Mottos
Atlanta Journal, 1244
Christopher Society, 448
Lend a Hand Society, 1434
Scripps-Howard newspapers, 971
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1183Mount Everest, 1741Mountain
He’s allowed me to go up to the m., 572
I’ve been to the other side of the m., 577Mountains
From the big dizzy m., 33Mourn
foolish and wrong to m. the men who have died, 1730
Let me not m. for the men who have died, 1730
time to m., 1810Mourning
Don’t waste any time m., 984Mouse-trap
make a better m., 1780Movements
many of the world’s great m. … have flowed from the work of a single man, 902Movie
stars, 1406Much
do so m. for so many on so little, 449
done so m. with so little, 2060
so m. owed by so many to so few, 2052
tho’ m. is taken, m. abides, 575Mulish
obstructionism in domestic policy, 1042Multiply
we m. whenever we are mown down, 1066Multitude
vicious, reckless m., 46Murphy’s Law, 1232Muses
may the “sweet M.” … bear me away, 376Music
divinest m. has not been conceived, 111
of our own opinions, 678
step to the m. which he hears, 905Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (1883–1945), 1372Mustard
faith as a grain of m. seed, 592Myself
If I am not for m., 1673
if I am only for m., 1673Mysteries
love for the m. of nature, 1664
of the future, 41Mystery
and concealment, 1670
inside an enigma, 1652
of sex, 1684Mystification
affair of masks and m., 1943