| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Book to Castles |
| Book every man wants to write a b., 456 My life has been as an open b., 519 of their art, 1236 of their deeds, 1236 of their words, 1236 only b. they read every day, 1247 this b. has been for the author a long struggle of escape, 875 write a better b., 1780 |
| Book-learning not b. young men need, 6 |
| Books, 129–133 All good b. are alike, 131 are a mighty bloodless substitute for life, 133 are good enough in their own way, 133 are the quietest and most constant of friends, 130 controversial b. and controversial authors, 132 of making many b. there is no end, 456 welcome controversial b., 132 won’t stay banned, 168 world of b., 129 |
| Boone County Court House, Missouri inscription, 955 |
| Boot lick the b. that kicks them, 906 |
| Bore voted a b., 281 |
| Born a predestined idealist, 869 free, 554 time to be b., and a time to die, 1810 to act, 869 to live, not to prepare for life, 1120 |
| Borne the battle, 1325 |
| Borrow no one left to b. from, 386 |
| Borrowing taking from the federal government the power of b., 384 who undertakes to live by b. soon finds his original means devoured, 386 |
| Boston last contest, in the town of B., 1620 men of B. proved themselves, 1630 |
| Bostonians when they die, if they are good, go to Paris, 75 |
| Bottom only sitting on our own b., 1782 |
| Bought slowly, gradually, furtively, 1648 |
| Boy Don’t teach my b. poetry, 1397 When I was a b. of 14, my father was so ignorant, 2003 |
| Boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars, 1945 devise to b. jointly all … fields … hills … streams, 192 |
| Brag Cease to b. to me of America, 45 |
| Brain if we lack b. power to build a world of peace, 493 No b. is stronger than its weakest think, 1807 |
| Brains feet of clay which extend almost all the way up to their b., 248 |
| Brandywine, Battle of (1777), 664 |
| Brat unteachable b., well versed and none the wiser, 26 |
| Brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, 1469 fame of the b. outlives him, 886 grow b. by reflection, 356 man is not he who feels no fear, 353 men who work while others sleep, 1234 no b. man would wear, 1447 resistance, 1627 run where the b. dare not go, 459 |
| Bravely bears his country’s cause, 1724 |
| Brazil, 614 |
| Bread In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat b., 977 live by b. only, 1112 man shall know b. and peace, 1463 robs labor of its b., 1209 upon the waters, 591 we should soon want b., 728 |
| Breakfast-time critical period in matrimony is b., 1166 |
| Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, 1310 |
| Brevity sententious b., which, using not a word to spare, 1283 |
| Bricks when they throw b. at me, 1523 |
| Bridge double-cross that b. when he comes to it, 1399 is love, 1136 [politicians] build a b. even where there is no river, 1398 |
| Bridges are America’s cathedrals, 94 |
| Brief be b., 2000 |
| Britain always wins one battle—the last, 529 |
| British and American peoples, 41 are like their own beer, 536 democracy approves the principles of movable party heads and unwaggable national tails, 201 government … [has] a just and friendly disposition towards us, 618 lament the fall of B. liberty, 1067 mandate came to an end, 914 nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture, 1554 prevent the B. from invading us, 1495 See also England; Great Britain |
| British Empire liquidation of the B. E., 528 |
| British Museum, 2076 |
| Britons would rather take the risk of civilizing communism, 532 |
| Broils To share in the b. of none, 619 |
| Brother call him b. still, 135 |
| Brotherhood, 134–136 of man, 1117 |
| Brothers destiny that makes us b., 136 Like my three b. before me, 1299 on that bright loveliness in the unending night, 1742 who see now they are truly b., 1742 |
| Browning, Robert (1812–1889), 2074 |
| “Bryan’s Ten Rules for the New Voter,” 776, 1573 |
| Buchenwald generation of B., 1093 |
| Buck stops here, 1490, 1610 |
| Budget balanced, 379, 795, 801, 1411 slashes in their [budget] estimates, 1178 See also Government spending |
| Bugaboo Communist b., 250 |
| Build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it, 86 a way of life, 56 a world of peace, 493 helping … b. a beautiful cathedral, 458 In vain we b. the world, unless / The builder also grows, 1149 me a son, O Lord, 1469 to b. and not to destroy, 526 when we b. they b., 400 when we cut they b., 400 |
| Builders stone which the b. refused, 91 |
| Buildings publick B. being the ornament of a country, 93 |
| Bullet ballot is stronger than the b., 1903 |
| Bullfight critics row on row, 14 |
| Bully pulpit, 1508 |
| Bulwark of continuing liberty, 750 of our own liberty, 1069 |
| Bumblebee is unable to fly, 604 |
| Bums blowing up the campuses, 156 |
| Bunker Hill Battle of, 150th anniversary, 645 Monument, 13 |
| Burden bear any b., 1066 bear the b., 89 carry his b., however hard, until nightfall, 1104 free from the b. of a life that was self-dependent, 643 of a long twilight struggle, 516 |
| Burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards, 697 |
| Bureau immortality on earth is a government b., 709 |
| Bureaucracy giant power wielded by pigmies, 706 of the corporation state and of government, 1613 patronizing favor of swollen b., 708 shifting corruption is better than a permanent b., 1595 |
| Bureaucratic despotism, 1646 |
| Burn down your cities, 27 my body to ashes, 1638 |
| Burnes, James Nelson (1827–1889), eulogy by John James Ingalls, 368 |
| Bury We will b. you, 1989 |
| Business, 137–147 abolition of b., 147 America can no more survive and grow without big b. than it can … without small b., 142 corrupts everything it touches, 158 credit is the lifeblood of b., 357 government being the people’s b., 1573 happiest b. in all the world is that of making friends, 684 of America is business, 140 of government, 781 of the American people is business, 140 People are not an interruption of our b., 1345 People are our b., 1345 prevent Trouble in B., 146 principles, 535 responsibilities in their b. activities, 143 reward achievement in b. or statecraft, 96 |
| Buy never b. what you do not want, because it is cheap, 1116 |
| Buying nothing without the money in our pockets to pay for it, 358 |
| Cabbage rose smells better than a c., 870 tomatoes [can still be distinguished] from the c., 49 |
| Cabbages of c.—and kings, 1811 |
| Cabinet not going to promise a C. post, 1577 of eight millionaires and one plumber, 1510 officers of this present administration, 1342 |
| Caesar and Christ had met in the arena, 206 Either some C. or Napoleon will seize the reins, 334 nothing to render to / A hollow C., 656 without his ambition, 820 |
| Caesar, Gaius Julius (100–44 B.C.), 1160 |
| Cage Who put up that c., 1426 |
| Cake Let them eat c., 1347 Would yee both eat your c., and have your c., 1335 You can’t have your c. and eat it too, 1335 |
| Calais lying in my heart, 838 written on her heart, 838 |
| Calamity times of ours are serious and full of c., 1819 |
| Calf bring hither the fatted c. 635 |
| Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782–1850), 569, 1231 |
| California, 148–149 agricultural products, 149 [agricultural counties] are far more important in the life of the State [C.], 1592 journeying in covered wagons to Oregon and C., 577 representation in our [California’s] State Senate, 1592 territory of C., 149 |
| Caligula’s horse was made Consul, 1172 |
| Call not a c. to bear arms, though arms we need, 516 |
| Calmness of the everlasting hills, 1480 |
| Campaign oratory, 1287 when I am the candidate, I run the c., 1502 |
| Campaign funds, 150–152 See also Political parties |
| Campus violence, 153–157 |
| Can Do all the good you c., 452 He who c., does, 1800 one who thinks he c., 1436 |
| Canada thinks it necessary to invade C., 1495 |
| Canadian preferential tariff of, 1897, 2014 |
| Candidate I am the c., I run the campaign, 1502 it [independent expenditure groups] helps stays clean, 150 question I would ask respecting a c., 35 vote fer th’ best man, but he’s never a c., 1899 |
| Candle better to light one c. than curse the darkness, 448 imbecile c. in the heart of that almighty forlornness, 863 |
| Candy Dont send messages to em, send c., 270 |
| Canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitutions, 1337 |
| Canning, George (1770–1827), 634 |
| Cannon’s law, 308 |
| Cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift, 1117 build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence, 1117 establish sound social security on borrowed money, 1117 further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred, 1117 help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves, 1117 help small men up by tearing big men down, 1117 help the poor by destroying the rich, 1117 keep out of trouble by spending more than your income, 1117 lift the wage-earner up by pulling the wage-payer down, 1117 strengthen the weak by weakening the strong, 1117 |
| Capacity to keep peace, 1324 to wage war, 1324 |
| Cape Cod, 1667 |
| Capital give c. thirty days to think it over and … there will be no war, 1912 is only the fruit of labor, 979 Labor is prior to, and independent of, c., 979 squanderers of planetary c., 309 |
| Capitalism, 158–159 competitive planning of c., 1711 is at its liberating best, 158 See also Imperialism |
| Capitalist best way to destroy the c. system, 1206 most powerful c. country—the United States of America, 1713 system, 159 |
| Capitalists peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by c., 1319 will furnish credits, 246 will sell us the rope to hang them with, 246 |
| Capitol building, Washington, D.C., 160–162 but a trifle if its lofty pillars should fall, 755 Cox Corridor II, inscriptions, 56, 225, 310, 490, 674, 763, 1048 House of Representatives chamber, inscriptions, 13 House Rules Committee chambers, cardboard sign, 455 National Statuary Hall, 502 no national temples but the C., 160 Prayer Room, inscription, 1827 |
| Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., 161 |
| Care for him who will have borne the battle, 1325 |
| Career political c. brings out the basest qualities in human nature, 1416 |
| Cares for its helpless members, 19 |
| Caribbean crisis, 1657 |
| Carnival affair of masks and mystification, 1943 |
| Carpenter it takes a c. to build one, 268 |
| Carrot stick to the c., 2054 |
| Carver, George Washington (1864–1943), 65 |
| Cash on the barrel for every piece of legislation, 986 |
| Cast thy bread upon the waters, 591 |
| Castle man’s house is his c., 859 |
| Castles in the air, 466, 2009 |
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