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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Languid to Lick |
| Languid indifference of private life, 1647 |
| Last best hope of earth, 1701 to lay the old aside, 2021 the very l. one [war], 1938 |
| Last words, 988–990 Frohman, Charles (1860–1915), 988 Lawrence, James (1781–1813), 990 Stein, Gertrude (1874–1946), 989 |
| Latin America peoples of … L. A. and other regions can destroy it piece by piece, 1927 |
| Laugh and the world laughs with you, 1707 time to weep, and a time to l., 1810 too old to cry, but it hurt too much to l., 399 |
| Laughter God, human folly and l., 1095 |
| Law, 991–1013 and order, 155, 445, 1042, 1868 breeds contempt for l., 707 cannot give to depravity the rewards of virtue, 783 change the l., 303 Constitution is the l. and not the decision of the Court, 338 decisions …, become l. by precedent, 940 determine for himself what is 1., 1005 distinctions of the l. are distinctions of degree, 2013 earth shall slumber, lapt in universal l., 2038 every time they make a joke it’s a l., 271 every time they make a l. it’s a joke, 271 give the Devil benefit of l., 434 government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the l. scrupulously, 793 If the l. is wrong, 303 is a ass—a idiot, 1002 is a bachelor, 1002 is a Bottomless-Pit, 992 is a causeway, 998 is always about to be, 999 is behind the times, 1006 is not a “light” for you or any man to see by, 998 is not an instrument of any king, 998 is only a memorandum, 1004 is right reason in agreement with nature, 1000 it takes ultimate shape in a l. of physics or a l. of the land, 898 keepeth the l. of the Lord, 995 never is, 999 no better reason for a rule of l., 1007 no constitution, no l., no court can save it [liberty], 1059 No mans error becomes his own L., 555 no, nor from the l. and the Constitution, 280 of my political life, 723 one eternal and unchangeable 1., 1000 One with the l. is a majority, 1138 pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of l. and order, 1042 saves the republic, which is the first and supreme l., 926 school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing, 504 secures equal justice to all alike, 1568 stay within the l., 143 to prevent a man from getting rich, 1633 Too much l. was too much government, 759 two [useless men] are called a l. firm, 273 which will make fair for me and foul for another, 115 [who] can guess what it [the law] will be to-morrow, 1012 who knows what the l. is today, 1012 |
| Lawbreaker Government becomes a l., 707 |
| Lawlessness is lawlessness, 1895 |
| Lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle, 1039 |
| Lawmaking greatest l. body in the world, 267 where l. falls exclusively to the lot of the poor, 812 |
| Laws and institutions must go hand in hand, 178 and sausages, 996 are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, 1039 as shall in the years to come be of service to human kind yet unborn, 267 be so voluminous that they cannot be read, 1012 can embody standards, 1746 empire of l. and not of men, 991 enact such wise and just l., 267 for themselves and not for me, 1008 founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be made, 55 frequent changes in l. and constitutions, 178 Good men must not obey the l. too well, 1003 government of l. and not of men, 991 governments can enforce l., 1746 have need of good morals, 1011 no learning so excellent … as knowledge of l., 1001 observance of the written l., 1009 observe the established l., 100 of God, the laws of man, 1008 of humanity, 864 of necessity, 1009 of the several States, 938 the particle and the planet are subject to the same l., 972 respect for the l. of the land, 363 right both of making and of enforcing l., 788 strict observance of the written l., 1009 that are the most operative, 994 vast restructuring of our l. is essential, 442 which protect life, 994 |
| Lawyers, 1014–1017 America is the paradise of l., 1014 are apt to speak as though the legislature were omnipotent, 1040 let’s kill all the l., 1017 Men are men before they are l., 1150 produce good l. for Americans, 1015 |
| Lazy [rules are] for the l. to hide behind, 1649 |
| Lead State must follow and not l. 1004 their country by a short route to chaos, 1764 |
| Leader atheist could not be as great a military l., 1729 follow the people for I am their l., 1021 must help create that [moral] tide, 1025 |
| Leaders appear sporadically, 1030 great Presidents were l. of thought, 1504 [have] an obligation to be fair and keep in perspective what we are and what we hope to be, 418 of the republic, 1018 political l. replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy, 444 should keep their ears to the ground, 1554 who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture, 1554 |
| Leadership, 1018–1025 place of moral l., 1504 |
| Leads man who l., 1024 who l. us is less important than what l. us, 107 |
| League of Nations, 72, 871, 1026–1027, 1346 |
| Leagues two loving hearts divide, 2034 |
| Leap in the dark to our success, 1786 one giant l. for mankind, 1738 |
| Learn give up every preconceived notion … or you shall l. nothing, 583 never cease to l., 1799 some men l. quicker than others, 301 |
| Learned Institutions, 496 |
| Learning how incapable must Man be of l. from experience, 574 Liberty and L., each leaning on the other, 497 no jewel in the world comparable to l., 1001 seats of l., 66 |
| Lebanon I have my L. and its people, 1366 You have your L. and its people, 1366 |
| Lee, Robert Edward (1807–1870), 65, 223, 820 |
| Left criminal l., 154 nondemocratic l., 153 |
| Legal Men’s indignation … is more excited by l. wrong than by violent wrong, 909 plunder, 993 process is an essential part of the democratic process, 1005 revised l. structures [are necessary], 147 victims of l. prostitution, 1210 |
| Legend of the Dogwood, 918 |
| Legislate Don’t hurry to l., 2025 be in a better temper to l., 510 |
| Legislation Art of L., 481 cash on the barrel for every piece of l., 986 committee will not permit doubts as to constitutionality … to block the suggested l. 337 foolish l. is a rope of sand, 1004 Give administration a chance to catch up with l., 2025 In l. we all do a lot of “swapping tobacco across the lines,” 260 is a series of compromises, 257 is the result of compromise, 251 to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work, 550 we pour l. into the senatorial saucer to cool it, 294 |
| Legislative greatest l. body in the world, 261 no longer listened to in the l. halls, 222 power, 324 power to the executive, at the expense of the l. branch, 1044 |
| Legislator best l. is the one who votes for all appropriations and against all taxes, 299 is an indispensable guardian of our freedom, 1030 people is the true l., 1029 understands that no measure of importance could be passed without this give-and-take policy, 257 who has given stability and continuity, 1030 See also Politician |
| Legislators, 1028–1032 are elected by voters, 1032 represent people, 1032 wisdom of patriots and l., 839 See also Politicians |
| Legislature, 1033–1041 [is the] creature of pressure groups, 1039 [is the] creature of the people, 1039 may … lend its potential weight to the cause of virtue and happiness, 786 No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the L. is in session, 1041 plural l. is as necessary to good Government as a single Executive, 1036 right of electing members of the L., 1904 should be divided, 1036 vested the question of war in the L., 1931 were omnipotent, 1040 Wisdom is the specific Quality of the L., 1036 |
| Legislatures are ultimate guardians of the liberties and welfare of the people, 1037 some l. that bring higher prices, 274 |
| Legitimate government, 779 object of government, 780 |
| Lend a Hand, 1434 him money that he can’t pay back, 385 |
| Length of service, 285, 301 |
| Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (Ulyanov) (1870–1924), 244, 917 |
| Less government which is likely to perform l., 781 you are entitled to no l., 513 You should never wish to do l., 469 |
| Let them eat cake, 1347 them eat hay, 1347 the word go forth, 77 |
| Let’s kill all the lawyers, 1017 |
| Letter present l. is a very long one, 2078 |
| Letters quick comradeship of l., 2081 |
| Lettuce can still be distinguished from the chicory, 49 |
| Lexington, Massachusetts before a drop of blood was shed at L., 1619 inscription on marker on the Green, 1940 |
| Liar blackguard, a coward, and a l., 1447 murder the l., but you cannot murder the lie, 1893 |
| Liberal community, 1330 education, 168 fought to take the power away from kings and the emperors, 1044 governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy, 480 is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment, 1043 views exclude no branch of science or literature, 1663 with people, be l., 801 |
| Liberals, 1042–1044 anti-Semitism of the l., 166 who are anxious to give more and more power to the executive, 1044 |
| Liberties guardians of the liberties and welfare of the people, 1037 in such eminent danger as at present, 525 of the people shall be perpetuated, 1852 Rome’s l. were not auctioned off in a day, 1648 safeguard of our l., 333 shackles for the l. of the people, 1455 too strong for the l. of its own people, 733 |
| Liberty, 1045–1081 and Learning, each leaning on the other, 497 and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable, 1855 at l. to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates, 262 bulwark of continuing l., 750 bulwark of our own l., 1069 civilisation or l. must perish, 334 connected with order, 1050 consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, 1055 danger that l. should be undervalued, 904 dangers to l., 1048 Decency, security and l. alike demand, 793 definition of the word l., 1070 deserve neither L. nor Safety, 1056 economy and l., 381 encroachments on the public l., 496 enlargement of l. for individual human beings, 901 essential l., 1056 eternal vigilance is the price of l., 1073 Extremism in the defense of l. is no vice, 581 fall of British l., 1067 fight their way to many a l., 1076 first and Union afterwards, 1855 give me l., or give me death, 1061 God who gave us life gave us l., 1062 great and arduous struggle for l., 1834 history of l., 1080 hope of L., 1854 inconveniencies attending too much l. than those attending too small a degree of it, 1063 institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy l., 420 is a gift of the beneficent Creator, 1058 is meek and reasonable, 1075 is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts, 1053 judiciary is the safeguard of our l., 328 lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public l., 1623 lies in the hearts of men and women, 1059 lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand, 1077 Love of l., 347 make his own l. secure, 1072 meaning of l., 414 means responsibility, 1074 memory of a vanished l., 1077 monstrous idol which you call L., 1771 most men dread it [liberty], 1074 nation that loves l., 1081 no such Thing as publick L., without Freedom of Speech, 674 of Ethiopia, 1721 of one man to be absolutely nothing, 1068 of thought and action, 671 only to those who love it, 1079 plague America with misery in the name of l., 1047 preserve that l. inviolate, 1050 price of l. 1073 Proclaim l. throughout all the land, 1046 rescue L. from the grasp of executive power, 1078 resist invasions of it, 1064 sentinel on the watch-tower of l., 307 spirit of l., 1059 struggle between L. and Authority, 1071 survival and success of l., 1066 that precious jewel, 1060 that we do not even miss, 1076 they are more or less unfit for l., 741 Those who would give up essential L., 1056 to abundance, 1238 to be the secret of happiness, 1049 tree of l., 1065 true aim of government is l., 785 two different and incompatable names—l. and tyranny, 1070 Union, next to our l., most dear, 1849 valued l. both as an end and as a means, 1049 Where l. is there is my country, 1057 which is freedom and the right of power to live one’s own life, 1364 will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it, 1045 without l. of speech, 671 would perish, 421 |
| Liberty, Statue of. See Statue of Liberty. |
| Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, inscription, 1046 |
| Libraries should be open to all, 132 |
| Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 603 Consultant in Poetry at the L. of C., 1589 experts at the L. of C., 1999 James Madison Memorial Building Madison Memorial Hall, inscriptions, 496, 552, 738, 782, 1450, 1548, 1854, 1932 main entrance, inscriptions, 497, 969 Main Reading Room, inscription, 1251 |
| Lick the boot that kicks them, 906 I will l. ’em, 1987 If you can’t l. ’em, 257 |
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