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Reference > Quotations > Respectfully Quoted   PREVIOUS NEXT   CONTENTS · AUTHOR INDEX · KEYWORD INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD    Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations.  1989.   Bad to Bondage   Bad   administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, 1372   from b. to worse, 177   good administration can never save b. policy, 1372   growing old … a b. habit, 25   if men be b., let government be never so good, 745   Let men be good, and the government cannot be b., 745   nothing so b. or so good that you will not find an Englishman doing it, 535   When b. men combine, 560 Balance-wheel   of the social machinery, 498 Balanced   budget, 379, 795, 801, 1411 Ballot   is stronger than the bullet, 1903 Band   begins to play, 1723 Bank   mania, 101   robbers to work in a b., 1588 Bankruptcy   and ruin were as remote as ever, 387   and ruin were at hand, 387   put the Nation into b., 388   road to b., 809 Banks and banking, 101 Banned   Books won’t stay b., 168 Banner   mongrel b. invented for a league, 1026 Bao Dai (1913–  ), 1878 Baptists   Catholics can go to Heaven, so can B., 897 Barbaric   and atavistic forces will stand in awe, 1861 Barbarism   from b. to degeneration, 47 Barbarous   relic, 1205 Bare   stripped b. by the curse of plenty, 15 Bargain   for the graves we lie in, 2072   I had made, 2071 Bataan, 2060   is like a child in a family who dies, 2058 Battle   as you go into b., 1732   care for him who shall have borne the b., 1325   died gloriously on the field of b., 370   give ’em b., 1987   Grant us fair weather for b., 1473   is not to the strong alone, 1061 Battle of Britain, 2055 Bay of Pigs invasion, 1872 Bayonet   glittering b., 222 Be   To be. what no one ever was, 659 Beacon   of hope to the world, 65   [let] your b. [be] beauty, 1360 Beacons   Shine for us, dear b., 1474 Bear   any burden, 1066   the burden, 89 Beast   save both man and b., 89   Your people sir, is nothing but a great b., 1334 Beasts   humble b., who with us bear the burden, 89 Beat   If you can’t b. ’em, 257 Beaten   nation … does not get b., 660 The Beatitudes, 102 Beautiful   Patience makes a woman b., 2016 Beauty, 103–104   America which will not be afraid of b., 104   Faded the shape of b., 1219   Faded the sight of b., 1219   [let] your beacon [be] b., 1360 Because   it is there, 1741 Become   such as she [the land] would b., 475 Bed-fellows   Politics makes strange b., 1431 Bedlam   We commit honest maniacs to B., 926 Bedrooms   of the nation, 1685 Bee   is on the wing, 470 Beef, beef, beef, 277 Beer   [British] are like their own b., 536 Beggar   is taxed for a corner to die in, 2072 Beggars   millionaire and many b., 39 Begin   the world over again, 2035   with a single step, 1533 Belief, 106–107   epoch of b., 1818   strongest b. was in democracy, 414   that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, 599   that the real sin is taking a loss, 138 Beliefs   revolutions in an individual’s b., 1837 Believable   we must make government b., 715 Believe   Do not b. what your teacher tells you, 105   don’t b. in God, 1743   don’t b. in labels, 1396   in a fate, 1   in action before acting, 2   in man, 1743   in their dreams, 2096   in themselves, 2096   nothing, O monks, 105   that grave modifications of the policy … may be voted in or out, 1004   that truth is the glue that holds government together, 255, 1831   that we are lost here in America, 67   we shall be found, 67   young civilians who b. that the laws make the city, 1004 Believes   to be true, 1677 Bell   for whom the b. tolls, 134   like a fire b. in the night, 1700   tolls for thee, 134 Belly   how much fire you have in your b., 1089 Bend   to the collective will of their peoples, 1767 Beneficence   comprehensive b. of the founder, 1710 Benign   neglect, 1579 Benso, Camillo, Conte di Cavour. See Cavour. Bequeath   deprive them of benefits which it was in our power to b., 1608 Berlin   citizens of B., 215 Bermuda, 108 Berliner   Ich bin ein B., 215 Best, 109–112   do his b. and be his b., 1081   do the very b. I know how, 110   does the b. he can, 1515   done my b., 513   done the b. you can, 109   for the b., 112   generation of mankind in the history of the world, 545   of all possible worlds, 112   of times, it was the worst of times, 1818   picture has not yet been painted, 111   to be expected, 403   vote fer th’ b. man, 1899 Betray   a jay will b., 305   flatter the people in order to b. them, 63 Betrayal, 113–114 Betrayed   with a kiss, 1921 Better   a thousand fold abuse of speech than a denial of free speech, 672   I would he were b., 1392   100 guilty Persons should escape, 953   perhaps a little b., 1679   that ten guilty persons escape, 953   Wars are … far b. than certain kinds of peace, 1965 Beverage   [Water] as a b., it’s a failure, 1978 Beware   of Greeks bearing gifts, 118 Bible   ghosted you up a swell story, too, / Called it B., 917   of democracy, 1247   See also Bible in author index Bicentennial of American Independence, 65   See also Revolutionary war (1775–1783) Big   achieve political power and do b. things, 1361 Bigger   cars, bigger parking lots, bigger …, 50 Bigness   against b. and greatness in all their forms, 822   impressed by your b., 51   is still the curse, 137 Bigotry   gives to b. no sanction, 670 Bill of Rights, 132, 394, 1389 Billion   dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, 797   here, a billion there, 800 Billions   borrow b. for war, 1919 Bind   up the nation’s wounds, 1325 Bipartisan   foreign policy, 634 Bipartisanship   meant consultation in advance, 1386 Bird   I call that b. a duck, 1278   little b. that has broken out of the egg, 2085   that walks like a duck, 1278 Birminghams   Manchesters and B., 1847 Birth   parents who merely gave them b., 482 Bite   the hand that feeds them, 906 Black   lawyers for blacks, 1015   let the word … “b.” be stricken, 119   night of despair, 59   power, 116   woman for a slave, 1702 Black, Hugo La Fayette (1886–1971), eulogy, 376 Black Panthers, 117 Blackguard   a coward, and a liar, 1447 Blacklist, 115 Blackmail   Laws … are made by a process of b. and intimidation, 1039 Blacks, 116–119 Blame   him when he does wrong, 1507 Bleeding   hearts, 445 Blessed   act of oblivion, 1294   are the meek, 102   are the merciful, 102   are the peacemakers, 102   are the poor in spirit, 102   are the pure in heart, 102   are they that mourn, 102   are they which are persecuted, 102   are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, 102   are those among nations, 1233   are ye, when men shall revile you, 102   is the man … abstains from giving us wordy evidence, 1692 Blessing   on This House, 1462 Blessings   of freedom, 663–664   on our deliberations, 703   to all the peoples and powers of earth, 1470   were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own, 53 Blind   leading the blind, 2087   let us not be b. to our differences, 436   Religion without science is b., 1662   until we see, 1149   veneration for antiquity, 82   with the lust for money, 832 Bliss   of Dante has been lost in our civilization, 1093 Blondin, Charles (Originally Jean-François Gravelet) (1824–1897), 731 Blood, 120–121   all of one b., 1481   American b. shed in the field, 2047   and sweat and tears, 57   expence of so much time, b., and treasure, 525   for the liberty of Ethiopia, 1721   how he dealt in b., 120   I am in b. / Stepp’d so far, 114   magic to stir men’s b., 1360   mixture of b., 48   next [constitution] will be drawn in b., 341   of Christians is seed, 1065   of patriots and tyrants, 1065   of their ancestors, 63   road covered with b., 1937   spend her [America’s] b. and her might for the principles that gave her birth, 2049   strange mixture of b., 48   toil, tears and sweat, 1870   toils, sufferings, and b. of their ancestors, 63   will tell, 121 Bloodless   substitute for life, 133 Blood-stained   steel, 778 Blow   against freedom and decency and justice, 1746   the bugles, 218 Blue   smoke and mirrors, 1415 Boast   ancestors never b., 121 Boat   my b. is so small, 1479 Bodies   unless the b. politick will exert themselves, 525 Body   an irresponsible b., 941   like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, 942   pass from this b. to another, 1752 Bohemia, 122   master to B. is master of Europe, 122 Bolshevik   it will be a B. forever, 194 Bomb   hydrogen b., 126   them back into the Stone Age, 127 Bomber   cost of one modern day heavy b., 403 Bombs   bluff about their b., 1881   lead to the construction of b. 124 Bombs and bombing, 123–128 Bond   strongest b. of human sympathy, 980   though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad, 1831 Bondage   to spiritual truth, 1238     CONTENTS · AUTHOR INDEX · KEYWORD INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD   PREVIOUS NEXT     Shakespeare · Bible · Strunk · Anatomy · Nonfiction · Quotations · Reference · Fiction · Poetry © 1993–2015 Bartleby.com · [Top 150] · Subjects · Titles · Authors · World Lit.