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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| White House to Worship |
| White House, Washington, D.C. extraordinary collection of talent, … at the W. H., 823 move out of the W. H. voluntarily, 1569 no whitewash at the W. H., 1979 State Dining Room inscription, 1462 |
| Whites who “understand the Negro,” 118 |
| Whitewash at the White House, 1979 |
| Whitman, Walt (1819–1892), 65 |
| Whitney, Eli (1765–1825), 65 |
| Who in the world am I, 1678 is powerful, 1146 is rich, 1146 is wise, 1146 put up that cage, 1426 rules East Europe commands the Heartland, 2041 rules the Heartland commands the World-Island, 2041 rules the World-Island commands the World 2041 shall command the skylark not to sing?, 642 |
| Whole sum of the w. matter, 230 |
| Wholly evil or w. good, 561 |
| Why You see things; and you say “W.?”, 465 |
| Why not I dream things that never were and say, w. n., 465 |
| Wicked find that the other is w., 224 flee when no man pursueth, 835 |
| Widow care for … his w., and his orphan, 1325 |
| Widows Rich w. are the only second-hand goods that sell at first-class prices, 2005 |
| Wife I must necessarily want her [negro woman] for a w., 1702 If I were your w., 2004 no Man worth having is true to his w., 2009 |
| Wife’s backside, 2008 |
| Wilds of America, 88 |
| Will against our very w. / … comes wisdom, 1995 Their w. was resolute and remorseless, 1276 to work for men, 238 what we ought to w., 1055 |
| William II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941), 1349 |
| William V, Prince of Orange (1748–1806), 890 |
| Willing human beings must be w. … to do battle, 1934 |
| Wills and testaments Henry, Patrick, 207 Hobo’s, 192 Lounsbury, Charles, 192 Rhodes, Cecil John, 499 |
| Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924), 1506 |
| Win as quick as you can, 1918 the fight it may destroy our cause, 1332 how to w., 1222 If we w., nobody will care, 1991 If you w., you are the powerful king’s prisoner, 1449 If you w., you stand only to lose, 1258 in a cause that will some day lose, 1994 land of smash and grab and anything to w., 62 making the effort to w. is [everything], 1990 no one can w. all the time, 653 one [war] much harder to w., 253 or lose, 513 or lose, live or die, 1930 what leads us—… w. or lose, 107 without bloodshed, 1634 |
| Wind be ever at your back, 1478 morning-colored w., 1474 |
| Windmills tilt at w., 4 |
| Winds mastering the w., 1134 of change, 182 |
| Wine days of w. and roses, 460 drinks the man, 34 of an original idea into the water of mediocrity, 874 |
| Wings danced the skies on laughter-silvered w., 603 of the morning, 548 |
| Winning, 1987–1990 is not everything, 1990 it’s the only thing, 1990 nothing worth the wear of w., / But laughter and the love of friends, 682 |
| Winning and losing, 1991–1994 |
| Wins Britain, of course—always w. one battle—the last, 529 man who w. / Is the one who thinks he can, 1436 |
| Winter it was the spring of hope, it was the w. of despair, 1818 |
| Wire-tapping, 1048 |
| Wisdom, 1995–2003 artful men overpower their w., 608 characteristic of w. not to do desperate things, 1124 collected w. [of parliaments and councils], 608 comes w. / by the awful grace of God, 1995 don’t consist in knowing more, 966 dubious w. and even more dubious honesty, 1039 exercise our strength with w. and restraint, 662 first step in sociological w., 183 get out of an experience only the w. that is in it, 576 Government is a contrivance of human w., 773 height of w. in the next, 2001 highest w. of a State is, 1038 is the specific Quality of the Legislature, 1036 it was the age of w., it was the age of foolishness, 1818 latent w. will prevail, 426 lingers, 973 makes life endurable, 2002 of patriots and legislators, 839 path to w., 168 perfection of the fear of the Lord is w., 995 source of better ideas is w., 168 submit them to your w., 1669 superior w. and virtue of our own, 53 There is a courageous w., 596 to distinguish the one from the other, 1472 to know what we did not know, 1604 too often never comes, 1998 want of political w., 716 Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as W., 674 |
| Wise and masterly inactivity, 1038 Everyone honours the w., 1996 government knows how to enforce with temper, 720 remain silent and look w., 681 Thought makes man w., 2002 to love and to be w., 1787 Who is w., 1146 Young men are as apt to think themselves w. enough, 2087 |
| Wiser becomes w. and more foolish, 23 none the w., 26 well birched, and none the w., 26 |
| Wisest of counsellors, 130 |
| Wish This is my w., my goal, my prayer, 65 |
| Wishes what each man w., 1677 |
| Wishy-washy imitation of totalitarianism, 708 |
| Wit recollection for his w., 1175 |
| Witch bold adventures abroad and w. hunts at home, 580 |
| Wither Left to w. is the national purpose, 50 |
| Within attack comes not from the outside but from w., 524 destroyed itself w., 1646 |
| Without conquered from w., 1646 |
| Witness Bear not false w., 1805 Thou shalt not bear false w., 1804 |
| Wits are nimble, 2092 |
| Wives, 1777, 2004–2009 God bless our loving w., 1814 |
| Wolf like a vicious w., 2040 [never troubles] how many the sheep be, 1176 strength of the Pack is the W., 1865 strength of the W. is the Pack, 1865 |
| Wolfe, James (1727–1759), 1216 |
| Woman any w. would do well who was well done by, 79 behind every man who’s a failure there’s a w., too, 2017 negro w. for a slave, 1702 Patience makes a w. beautiful, 2016 we shall not waste any useful w., 1165 who would tell one that [her real age] would tell one anything, 2018 |
| Woman’s sphere, 2012 |
| Women, 2010–2018 Four things greater than all things are,—Women and …, 824 in combat might be too fierce, 1190 [marry] because they are curious, 1169 minimum for the wages of w., 2013 pushing their husbands along, 1777 they [men and women] both distrust w., 2015 unaware that they are hurting w., 1483 unwanted w., 1165 we are indebted to w., 2011 who, to prevent depravation of morals and ambiguity of issue, could not mix promiscuously in the public meetings of men, 1591 |
| Won not that you w. or lost, 1993 some victory for humanity, 1875 Things w. are done, 12 [world] was made to be wooed and w. by youth, 2088 |
| Woof warp of sense and his w. of nonsense, 625 |
| Word difference between the almost right w. and the right w., 540 is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, 2020 Let the w. go forth, 77 may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances, 2020 superfluous w., 2000 |
| Words, 2019–2021 if I found the right w., 1276 make w. mean so many different things, 2019 symbols called w., 922 tiresome repetition of inadequate catch w., 1282 |
| Wordy evidence of the fact, 1692 |
| Work, 2022–2032 artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of w., 1847 at which you would not be ashamed, 2032 Do the day’s w., 2025 for nothing, 2030 he that will not w. shall not eate, 2031 however hard, for one day, 1104 If you w. for a man, in heaven’s name, w. for him!, 2027 is the grand cure of all the maladies, 2024 mobs should be forced to w., 795 never is done while the power to w. remains, 1115 not done 2026 Nothing is really w., 2023 of a single man 902 save the w. while it is begun, 978 think of your w. with satisfaction, 2032 You w. and I eat, 1703 |
| Worker tiny pushes of each honest w., 2029 |
| Workers are idle, 2022 |
| Working hanging of some w. people, 980 |
| Working class representing not only the w. c., 976 |
| Working-classes what the w. really need, 975 |
| Working-men are the basis of all governments, 976 |
| Works fleet the w. of men, 1220 |
| World, 2033–2038 American solution to every w. problem, 1735 becomes contented, 1227 begin the w. over again, 2035 better w. for tomorrow, 157 citizen of the w., 216 citizens of one w., 1481 construct a w. out of it [matter], 2033 cover the whole w. with asphalt, 542 disputed the possession of the w., 1379 divided, 2036 end of the w. has been postponed for three weeks, 455 end of the w. is evidently approaching, 456 Federation of the w., 2038 gloom of the w. is but a shadow, 1467 grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay, 157 in a grain of sand, 196 in arms, 403 in which children are tortured, 190 is large, when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide, 2034 is small, when your enemy is loose on the other side, 2034 is speedily coming to an end, 456 make gentle the life of this w., 1864 might enjoy freedom and inherit peace, 1733 must be coming to an end, 456 nowhere in the w. to go for help, 831 of chaos and danger, 624 of the future, 2036 one third of the w. is asleep, 2037 play a great part in the w., 827 realities of the w., 1371 shape real events in a real w., 622 to suit their policy, 1371 two great nations in the w. … the Russians and the Anglo-Americans, 2045 two-thirds [of the w.] is up to something, 2037 untravell’d w. whose margin fades, 575 vision of the w., 2038 wags on, 374 will make a beaten path to his door, 1780 With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful w., 1114 would be a little better place to live, 1397 wrecks in the w., 680 you cannot hurt the w., 2088 |
| World domination, 2039–2045 |
| World War I (1914–1918), 673, 1942, 2046–2049 |
| World War II (1939–1945), 113, 1242, 1276, 1354, 1589, 1870, 1991, 2050–2070 |
| World’s great movements … have flowed from the work of a single man, 902 hope, 2095 a stage, 1158 troubles are not due just to Russia or communism, 1618 |
| World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) Transportation Building inscription, 815, 1536 |
| Worm invisible and helpless w., 940 |
| Worse from bad to w., 177 I would he were w., 1392 |
| Worship freedom to w., 655 right to w. God, 776 without sacrifice, 1697 |
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