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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, 560Balance-wheel
  of the social machinery, 498Balanced
  budget, 379, 795, 801, 1411Ballot
  is stronger than the bullet, 1903Band
  begins to play, 1723Bank
  mania, 101
  robbers to work in a b., 1588Bankruptcy
  and ruin were as remote as ever, 387
  and ruin were at hand, 387
  put the Nation into b., 388
  road to b., 809Banks and banking, 101Banned
  Books won’t stay b., 168Banner
  mongrel b. invented for a league, 1026Bao Dai (1913–  ), 1878Baptists
  Catholics can go to Heaven, so can B., 897Barbaric
  and atavistic forces will stand in awe, 1861Barbarism
  from b. to degeneration, 47Barbarous
  relic, 1205Bare
  stripped b. by the curse of plenty, 15Bargain
  for the graves we lie in, 2072
  I had made, 2071Bataan, 2060
  is like a child in a family who dies, 2058Battle
  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, 1061Battle of Britain, 2055Bay of Pigs invasion, 1872Bayonet
  glittering b., 222Be
  To be. what no one ever was, 659Beacon
  of hope to the world, 65
  [let] your b. [be] beauty, 1360Beacons
  Shine for us, dear b., 1474Bear
  any burden, 1066
  the burden, 89Beast
  save both man and b., 89
  Your people sir, is nothing but a great b., 1334Beasts
  humble b., who with us bear the burden, 89Beat
  If you can’t b. ’em, 257Beaten
  nation … does not get b., 660The Beatitudes, 102Beautiful
  Patience makes a woman b., 2016Beauty, 103104
  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., 1360Because
  it is there, 1741Become
  such as she [the land] would b., 475Bed-fellows
  Politics makes strange b., 1431Bedlam
  We commit honest maniacs to B., 926Bedrooms
  of the nation, 1685Bee
  is on the wing, 470Beef, beef, beef, 277Beer
  [British] are like their own b., 536Beggar
  is taxed for a corner to die in, 2072Beggars
  millionaire and many b., 39Begin
  the world over again, 2035
  with a single step, 1533Belief, 106107
  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, 138Beliefs
  revolutions in an individual’s b., 1837Believable
  we must make government b., 715Believe
  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, 1004Believes
  to be true, 1677Bell
  for whom the b. tolls, 134
  like a fire b. in the night, 1700
  tolls for thee, 134Belly
  how much fire you have in your b., 1089Bend
  to the collective will of their peoples, 1767Beneficence
  comprehensive b. of the founder, 1710Benign
  neglect, 1579Benso, Camillo, Conte di Cavour. See Cavour.Bequeath
  deprive them of benefits which it was in our power to b., 1608Berlin
  citizens of B., 215Bermuda, 108Berliner
  Ich bin ein B., 215Best, 109112
  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, 1899Betray
  a jay will b., 305
  flatter the people in order to b. them, 63Betrayal, 113114Betrayed
  with a kiss, 1921Better
  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, 1965Beverage
  [Water] as a b., it’s a failure, 1978Beware
  of Greeks bearing gifts, 118Bible
  ghosted you up a swell story, too, / Called it B., 917
  of democracy, 1247
  See also Bible in author indexBicentennial of American Independence, 65
  See also Revolutionary war (1775–1783)Big
  achieve political power and do b. things, 1361Bigger
  cars, bigger parking lots, bigger …, 50Bigness
  against b. and greatness in all their forms, 822
  impressed by your b., 51
  is still the curse, 137Bigotry
  gives to b. no sanction, 670Bill of Rights, 132, 394, 1389Billion
  dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, 797
  here, a billion there, 800Billions
  borrow b. for war, 1919Bind
  up the nation’s wounds, 1325Bipartisan
  foreign policy, 634Bipartisanship
  meant consultation in advance, 1386Bird
  I call that b. a duck, 1278
  little b. that has broken out of the egg, 2085
  that walks like a duck, 1278Birminghams
  Manchesters and B., 1847Birth
  parents who merely gave them b., 482Bite
  the hand that feeds them, 906Black
  lawyers for blacks, 1015
  let the word … “b.” be stricken, 119
  night of despair, 59
  power, 116
  woman for a slave, 1702Black, Hugo La Fayette (1886–1971), eulogy, 376Black Panthers, 117Blackguard
  a coward, and a liar, 1447Blacklist, 115Blackmail
  Laws … are made by a process of b. and intimidation, 1039Blacks, 116119Blame
  him when he does wrong, 1507Bleeding
  hearts, 445Blessed
  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, 1692Blessing
  on This House, 1462Blessings
  of freedom, 663664
  on our deliberations, 703
  to all the peoples and powers of earth, 1470
  were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own, 53Blind
  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, 832Bliss
  of Dante has been lost in our civilization, 1093Blondin, Charles (Originally Jean-François Gravelet) (1824–1897), 731Blood, 120121
  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, 121Bloodless
  substitute for life, 133Blood-stained
  steel, 778Blow
  against freedom and decency and justice, 1746
  the bugles, 218Blue
  smoke and mirrors, 1415Boast
  ancestors never b., 121Boat
  my b. is so small, 1479Bodies
  unless the b. politick will exert themselves, 525Body
  an irresponsible b., 941
  like gravity, ever acting, with noiseless foot, and unalarming advance, 942
  pass from this b. to another, 1752Bohemia, 122
  master to B. is master of Europe, 122Bolshevik
  it will be a B. forever, 194Bomb
  hydrogen b., 126
  them back into the Stone Age, 127Bomber
  cost of one modern day heavy b., 403Bombs
  bluff about their b., 1881
  lead to the construction of b. 124Bombs and bombing, 123128Bond
  strongest b. of human sympathy, 980
  though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad, 1831Bondage
  to spiritual truth, 1238