Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Lie to Majority
all men who say yes, l., 1272
enemy of the truth is very often not the l., but the myth, 1268
a jay will l., 305
let the l. / Have time on its own to fly, 1805
murder the liar, but you cannot murder the l., 1893
no l. can live forever, 220
right of the Government to l., 1083
small l., a big l. and politics, 1769
told them a civil l., 1543
With words we l., 1856
man to whom you have l. may be angry, 1543
about the Democrats, 1387
about the Republican party, 1387
damned l., and statistics, 1769
three kinds of l., 1769
all that a man hath will he give for his l., 1725
all that l. really means, 1104
and death are parts of the same Great Adventure, 1121
and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, 396
angle of vision, 1086
as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits, 912
As soon as there is l. there is danger, 1819
bare l. is furnished by one, 482
bargained with L. for a penny, 1099
bloodless substitute for l., 133
born to live, not to prepare for l., 1120
confronted L. with antique Courage, 549
courage of l. is often a less dramatic spectacle, 355
ethic of Reverence for L., 1101
for him was an adventure, 1087
for making it worth having, 2011
forsake l. in the fresh air, 125
fullness of l. is in the hazards of l., 1087
get-rich-quick theory of l., 58
given l. that I might enjoy all things, 1477
Giver of l., 1091
has been as an open book, 519
hear l. murmur, or see it glisten, 2072
I have but one l. to lose for my country, 1304
I will drink / L. to the lees, 575
in the Soviet Union, 1656
in the U.S.A., 1656
increase in l. span, 22
inequity in l., 1092
invisible germ of l., 1752
involves suffering and transitoriness, 1093
is a banquet, 1094
is a just employer, 1099
is a profound and passionate thing, 2091
is a roar of bargain and battle, 1115
is a romantic business, 1089
is action, 1115
is action and passion, 1088
is more than stocks and bonds, 684
is not so important as the duties of life, 1098
is so generous a giver, 1467
is sunshine, 687
is unfair, 1092
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, 397
liberty or property are [not] safe while the Legislature is in session, 1041
live a long l., 572
make gentle the l. of this world, 1864
many things in l. that are not fair, 1085
more to l. than measuring its speed, 1480
my inner and outer l. are based on the labors of other men, 1603
necessary misfortune of l., 1785
new l. to those years, 22
new years to l., 22
other ensures a good l., 482
piled on life / Were all too little, 575
plain way of l. … promotes thrift and prosperity, 796
quality of the Nation’s l., 2028
rest of your l., 1825
reverence for l., 1214
search out the deep truth of l., 1664
she made l. poetry for me, 2006
should go on, 1100
slow atrophy of a l., 183
so dear, or peace so sweet, 1061
so must I never live my l. for itself, 1102
spend your l. in your own way, 1783
stifled by useless shadows, 183
to sweeten, to adorn, and to embellish l., 1663
under sentence of l., 196
Unrest of spirit is a mark of l., 1096
was larger than before, 1686
way of l., 56
what a man is thinking of all day, 1086
What is l., 1086
would pay no more, 1099
Youth is not a time of l., 2099, 2095
not what I thought it, 33
angel of l. compared to that man, 1457
electric l. the most efficient of policemen, 1572
Give l. and the people will find their own way, 971
glow from the fire can truly l. the world, 770
he leaves behind him lies / Upon the paths of men, 371
law is not a l., 998
not l. that is needed, but fire, 1575
of truth, 238
one blaze of blinding l., 1866
one candle, 448
only l. can do that [drive out darkness], 1893
our country, 770
over the public mind, 496
season of l., 1818
see the l., 1665
thing to be supplied is l., 937
within his own cleer brest, 563
difference between the lightning-bug and the l., 540
Pleasure is … like a flash of l., 923
they want rain without thunder and l., 443
difference between the l. and the lightning, 540
of perverted science, 2055
All the things I l. to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening, 846
being cheated by an equal, 909
being compelled by a superior, 909
a big baby 775
a fire bell in the night, 1700
a fixed star, 923
a flash of lightning, 923
never met a man I dident l., 1155
People l. Government, 710
do as he l., 646
woman’s sphere as though it had a l., 2012
war with Red China, 1967
death of, 718
inscription, 1107
one rusted l., 1695
heart, 1276
to the Exhortation of the Dawn, 1106
Nobody l., 266
to the deniers and mockers, 60
battle between the l. and the Philistines, 167
liberal views exclude no branch of science or l., 1663
ransack the l. of all countries, 530
study the works of art and l., 658
Americans, 72
do so much for so many on so l., 449
done so much with so l., 2060
opening accents of a grand new l., 379
by bread only, 1112
henceforth, you will l. the hard way, 1605
his dreams—not in fear, but in hope, 54
how to l., 1222
in infamy, 2066
not to exist, 1118
Only those are fit to l., 1121
skim milk, 111
sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down, 1104
that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry, 1125
together for a period, and then go our separate ways, 1520
underground with the moles, 125
without our lives, 1293
being judged not to have l., 1088
not l. in vain, 1323, 1469
whether my country is the better for my having l., 1679
you have l. the easy way, 1605
Every one l. by selling something, 1123
of others, 136
those who gamble with men’s l. should not stake their own, 1953
from the dead, 482
land of the l., 1136
like drunken sailors, 309
partnership … between those who are l., 1715
process of l. is the process of having stress, 1122
will envy the dead, 1257
half a l. is better than a whole l., 252
half a l. was better than no bread, 252
President is the only l., 1516
are in many cases expert technicians, 1128
idle l., 2031
wiping out the whole of L., 864
that makes the loudest noise, 1129
place against the sky, 1108
human rights and property rights are … in the l. r. identical, 867
in the l. r. every Government, 710
l. r. doesn’t matter, 868
l. r. is a misleading guide to current affairs, 693
People don’t eat in the l. r.,— they eat every day, 1336
people, in the l. r. … do more to promote peace than our governments, 1321
worth of a state, in the l. r., is the worth of the individuals composing it, 1760
I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, 703
has its place, 572
up and not down,… forward and not back … out and not in, 1434
is always on the side of the right, 704
make me a channel of your peace, 1466
make me an instrument of thy peace, 1466
What doth the L. require of thee, 947
See also God
how to l., 1222
If we l., there will be nobody to care, 1991
rather l. in a cause that will some day win, 1994
what makes a good l.? Practice, 1992
real sin is taxing a l., 138
as much as we gained by prying into that matter, 974
because its [liberty’s] possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand, 1077
here in America, 67
Horse was l., 1240
not that you won or l., 1993
Rider was l., 1240
Shoe was l. 1240
was l., and is found, 635
as constant in his l. as the sun, 446
bridge is l., 1136
each day I l. you more, 1130
First l. is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity, 1133
for his country, 1309
for the President that goes beyond loyalty, 1509
harness for God the energies of l., 1134
has power that dispels Death, 1131
his fellow-men sincerely, 1126
the human form divine, 1464
is as perennial as the grass, 1114
is the magician, the enchanter, 1132
may bring a flame / Which naught but tears can drown, 844
Mercy Pity Peace, 1464
no l. like the old l., 1814
of ease, 2096
of our country soar above all minor passions, 1305
only l. can do that [drive out hate], 1893
pure and chaste, from afar, 459
thou shalt l., 1805
thy neighbor, 1805
time to l., and a time to hate, 1810
to l. and to be wise, 1787
Where there is hatred, let me bring l., 1466
better to have l. and lost / Than never to have l. at all, 1135
To l. I devise, 192
not the unjust doers, 517
hearts divide, 2034
when they are turned to l., 1580
opposition, 634
to his government, 734
to what I regard as the law of my political life, 723
is due entirely to the United States, 1506
ounce of l., 2027
when he falls, he falls like L., 1103
You make your own l., 1992
holds a l. in leash, 1156
glare of obloquy, 258
for riches, 833
for one’s country, 437
come with me into M., 1928
forces in M., 1941
the servant of man, 1613
perfection of m. … will in the end avail it [state] nothing, 1760
labor-doing m., 981
labor-saving m., 981
cities will spring up again as if by m., 27
of property turns sand to gold, 1550
to stir men’s blood, 1360
Love is the magician … that changes worthless things to joy, 1132
speech, 1279
Gentlemen do not read each other’s m., 1531
part of the m., 134
and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate, 1640
Remember the M., 65, 1910
walk together side by side in m., 41
think an individual is right, 1642
always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits, 424
can do anything, 1137
great m., 1516
an impeachable offense is whatever a m. of the House of Representatives considers [it] to be, 889
impositions of the strong and the m., 786
is the government, 1139
lives in a state of perpetual self-adoration, 362
minority, / Reaching m., 1141
never be able to restrain a distressed and discontented m., 1139
of mankind unite together, 1861
of Negroes committed to nonviolence, 1894
of the community are actively in favor of it, 994
One man with courage makes a m., 900
One with the law is a m., 1138
screened by safe m., 4
should respect a minority’s sacred things, 414
silent m. of my fellow Americans, 1140
withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the m., 227