Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Tongue to “United Nations Prayer”
Tongueearned my living by pen and t., 1276
my actions did belie my t., 1019
on ev’ry T. it grew, 594
Presidential slip of the t., 1509
two-edged t., 1284Tools
Give us the t., and we will finish the job, 2051Top
of the greasy pole, 1778Torch
has been passed, 77
to light the way, 1302
woman with a t., 1770Torture
to death only one tiny creature, 432Totalitarian
Thou Shalt Not Revere Any But T. Heroes, 441Totalitarianism
and anarchy will threaten free nations, 1886
business also corrupts and undermines monolithic t., 158
peace and freedom … suffocated by the forces of t., 1140
wishy-washy imitation of t., 708Touched
I am deeply t., 151
not as deeply t. as you, 151Town
necessary to destroy the t. to save it, 1888Town-meetings
that ushered in the Revolution 1630Townshend, Charles (1725–1767), 1787Trade
election of intelligent, honest, earnest t. unionists, 983Trades
and deals among the senators, 257
are not of a sinister nature, 257Tradition
Approves all forms of competition, 1805
men … whose names have become a splendid t., 281Traditional
because it is t., 105Traditions
when to adhere to them, 1766
when to depart from t., 1766Tragedy
first time as t., 856
government without … information … [is] a Farce or a T., 969
Russian t., everybody dies, 1655Tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime, 1311Tranquility
at my age, is the supreme good of life, 1246Transportation Building. See World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893).Traveling
up and down the vast territories of the United States, 86Treason, 1826
doth never prosper, 1826
none dare call it t., 1826Treasure
river is more than an amenity, it is a t., 1645Treasury
of the world, 476Treaties
mode of making t., 792Treaty
reject the t., 1332Tree
of liberty, 1065
plant it this afternoon, 1815Trees
old men plant t. they will never sit under, 694Trembles
I only hope … the enemy … t. as I do, 1184Trial
deny others a fair t., 1170
fairness of the t., 117Trickle
down theory, 479Tried
if any thing is to be hoped, every thing ought to be t., 1932
See also Try; TryingTrieste, 234, 1654Triumph
because its opponents eventually die, 1665
magnificent mixture of t. and tragedy, 355
of high achievement, 10
our forefathers moved on to t., 57
over the great enemies of man, 85
Posterity will t., 392
Science and Peace will t., 1963Triumphs
the sorrow and the t. that are the aftermath of war, 1923Trojan
governmental citadel of a T. horse, 633Trophies
will never be envied, 778Trouble
day of t., 1468
take the t. to do the work of government, 1566Troy, 1951
Far on the ringing plains of windy T., 575Truant
Deal with him as a t., 135Truce
to terror, 1324Truckle
to the people, 1018True
believes to be t., 1677
danger is when liberty is nibbled away, 1053
knowledge is achieved, 1317
liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, 1055
no Man … is t. to his wife, 2009
to thine own self be t., 1675Truer
than if they had really happened, 131Trumpeters
Due to the lack of experienced t., 455Trust, 1827–1828
committed to them in t. from the People, 1453
divert from fulfillment of our sacred t., 1604
don’t t. anybody over 30, 1828
good of those who confer, not of those who receive the t., 712
in God and Heaven securely, 1126
in thee [O God] do I put my t., 1827
never t. a woman who tells her real age, 2018
nothing to the enthusiasm of the people, 757
the people, 1333, 1343
Republicans I would t. with anything—… except public office, 1602
should be placed not in a few but in a number of hands, 765
them [the people] with the facts, 1343
Thou Shalt Not T. Anybody Over Thirty, 441Trusted
for their defence to a mercenary army, 1647
man is not made to be t. for life, 940
they [the people] can be t. with their own government, 1338Trustees
of Posterity, 2090Trusting
to your works to defend you, 1119Trusts
and combinations, 139Truth, 1829–1839
best test of t., 1835
crushed to earth, shall rise again, 1829
the daughter of time, 1832
diminution of love of t., 1925
discernment they [the people] have manifested between t. and falsehood, 935
do not be vexed with me for telling the t., 1404
duty … to tell the t. about the President, 1506
enemy of the t., 1268
even more important to tell the t. … about him [the President], 1507
Every Communist must grasp the t., 1451
first casualty when war comes is t., 1925
forever on the scaffold, 1838
full liberty to tell the t. about his [the President’s] acts, 1507
Hell is t. seen too late, 1830
in favor of the eternal forces of t., 822
is being more and more realized by the public, 301
is the glue that holds the government together, 255, 1831
is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out, 1835
justice is t. in action, 952
know the whole t., 1834
let me go down linked with the t., 1851
light of t., 238
loving frankness and t., 1748
new t. is always a go-between, 1837
nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than t., 584
Persecution cannot harm him who stands by T., 1833
politicians rarely feel they can afford the luxury of telling the whole t., 1563
save in the cases where to tell the t. at the moment would benefit the public enemy, 1506
scientific t., 1665
search out the deep t. of life, 1664
shut our eyes against a painful t., 1834
simply tell the t., 1839
sting of t. turns it fierce, 362
stop telling the t. about them [Republicans], 1387
tell the t. about the Democrats, 1387
to the knowledge of nations, 738
universal t. and applicability, 1644
virtues of courage … t., 58
without free speech no search for t. is possible, 672Truths
being faced with cruel t., 556
eternal t. of the past, 654
We hold these t. to be sacred & undeniable, 396
We hold these t. to be self-evident, 397, 462Try
above all, t. something, 1843
harder than anyone else, 109Trying, 1840–1843
no such thing as half-t., 109Tuesday’s
child is full of grace, 200Tunis
bey of T., 614Turmoil
streets of our country are in t., 155Turning
and t. in the widening gyre, 454Turnip
Boiled t. will a roasted pullet be, 1682TVA. See Tennessee Valley Authority.Twain, Mark (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910), 108Twenty
God forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion, 1623
same views at forty as we held at t., 26
to twenty-five! These are the years, 2088Twenty-one
when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned, 2003Two
roads that lead to something like human happiness, 845Two-thirds
of the people, 1620
[of the world] is up to something, 2037Tyler, John (1747–1813), 1403Tyrannical
In all t. governments, 788Tyrannies
Russia is one of the worst t., 1653Tyranny, 1844–1845
and oppressions of body and mind will vanish, 490
definition of t., 790
enemies of man: t., poverty and disease and war itself, 516
enemies of man—war, poverty, and t., 85
in our fair land, 1069
like hell, is not easily conquered, 1845
of poverty, 1615
over the mind of man, 1844
rid the world of the t. of facts, 585
That means first chaos, then t., 1005
two different and incompatable names—liberty and t., 1070Tyrant
freedom cannot be served by the devices of the t., 640Tyrants
children are now t., 195
ruled by t., 746Ugliness
man-made u., 16Ugly
you are u.—but tomorrow I’ll be sober, 2004Ultraliberalism
today translates into a whimpering isolationism, 1042Ulysses
I am a part of all that I have met, 575
sailing farther than U. even dreamed of, 129Un-American
most u. thing in America, 286Unborn
fate of u. Millions, 1627
millions yet u., 1630
service to human kind yet u., 267Uncertainty
no such u. as a sure thing, 172Uncle Sam
over a barrel of oil, 527Uncommon
right to be u., 71Undecided
highly intelligent and well informed just to be u. about them [problems], 390Underdogs
always, till history comes, after they are long dead, and puts them on top, 822Underground
going u. to escape consequences of his own folly, 125
live u. with the moles, 125Understanding
imperfection of human u., 716Undisputed
thing, 631Unemployment, 1846–1847
When a great many people are unable to find work, 1846Unesco. See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.Unfair
Life is u., 1092Union, 1848–1855
benefits and burdens of the U., 1849
But I’m a U. man, 1407
the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated, 1852
dissolve this U., 1267
Emancipates the U., 1853
existence of our u., 1706
happy U. of these States, 1854
how stands the U., 1848
In u. there is strength, 1859
know how to save the U., 1701
Liberty first and U. afterwards, 1855
My allegiance is to this U. and to my State, 267
next to our liberty, most dear, 1849
now and forever, one and inseparable, 1855
of the English-speaking peoples, 499
Our U.—it must be preserved, 1849
saves the U. and the dream goes on, 1853
shall go on, 162
stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible, 1848
symbol of u. for [the United] States, 1867
that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, 1850
While the U. lasts, 1855
would be imperiled, 938Union Station, Washington, D.C., inscription, 1252Unions
Hitler attacked the u., 1749
penetrate the trade u., 245Unitarians, 897Unite
mankind u. together, 1861
nations will u., 1963United
that means that we have all come together, 1364United Mine Workers, 986United Nations, 449, 477, 914, 1324, 1856–1858United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
preamble to the constitution, 1966“United Nations Prayer,” 1463