Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Poet to Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
superiority of the p., 1161
aim is either to profit or to please, 2000
Don’t teach my boy p., 1397
if more politicians knew p., 1397
she made life p. for me, 2006
Another one of the old p., 1832
more p. know politics, 1397
in your coffee, 2004
pen, 62
They will p. society, 46
top of the greasy p., 1778
state in which all dissent is suppressed, 442
conservation and rural-life p., 312
all sound judges of a p. 1552
All this they call a p., 713
Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good p., 1372
correct their p. to suit the realities of the world, 1371
good administration can never save bad p., 1372
governmental p., is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil], 561
imagine the world to suit their p., 1371
is like a play in many acts, 1369
Justice is itself the great standing p. of civil society, 948
like all organic entities is always in the making, 1370
mulish obstructionism in domestic p., 1042
national p. from the quicksand of racial injustice, 1693
no such thing as a fixed p., 1370
of confiscation, 1368
rocks of loose fiscal p., 480
should be settled by free discussion, 414
war is … the continuation of state p., 1917
which is devised for a nation, 1367
See also Foreign policy
lawyers for Poles, 1015
prisoner of the P., 1658
unless the bodies p. will exert themselves, 525
achieve p. power and do big things, 1361
activity prevailing in the United States, 1428
adequacy of its p. systems, 1935
aim was to defeat this new enemy, 1968
always on trial for their p. lives, 1563
ambition, 1604
animal, 1390
applicability, 1231
architecture has its p. Use, 93
arena, 494
career brings out the basest qualities in human nature, 1416
cattle of the p. arena, 1666
cowardice, 1199
dangerous to the p. process, 150
deprived of p. strength or union, 1647
domesticated p. and social creature, 1423
dreamer, 1762
enemies, 519
Fable of the Snake, 265
fork in the p. road, 62
gods, 1642
hazards, 1567
if instead of making a p. speech I was being hanged, 1277
law of my p. life, 723
leaders replacing moral
imperatives with a Southern strategy, 444
machine, 414
mediocre p. talents, 1401
novice in p. economy, 786
objects at which all p. institutions aim, 782
only one thing I want to say … that has a p. tinge, 285
Our present p. position has been achieved in a manner unprecedented, 760
people reign over the American p. world as God rules over the universe, 87
philosophy, 1343
power grows out of the barrel of a gun, 1451
power is primarily an illusion, 1415
preservation of our p. system, 894
prowess of an Adam Clayton Powell, 1400
punishes p. opinions, 1653
puppets, 1455
question in the United States, 1429
recipe for p. success, 1391
regeneration, 1613
rights, 1653
society does not live to conduct foreign policy, 620
to live under the American Constitution is the greatest p. privilege, 320
turn their decisions to p. purposes, 944
vocal at all times on p. matters, 1747
War is a p. act, 1926
War is not merely a p. act, 1915
what kills p. writing, 1248
When I examined my p. faith, 414
wisdom, 716
See also Campaign funds
right, 1640
asking what your country can do for you, 766
contribution equal to … the p., 2082
eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared, 1393
garden … [is a] refuge of a disappointed p., 1395
He’ll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it, 1399
is a man who understands government, 1405
must always tell the people what they want to hear, 1391
no p. can afford to admit this, 1445
no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a p., 1402
nobody counts for anything except a p., 1716
not a p., 1425
not a p. and my other habits air good, 1407
of monumental littleness, 1403
proud that I’m a p., 1405
sound p., 1271
suffers the disadvantage of being alive, 1393
Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the p., 17
too honest a man to be a p. and live, 1404
true p., 1765
who has willfully made war, 1953
See also Legislators
and movie actors and movie executives are similar in more ways than they’re different, 1406
anxious p. of his party, 1313
are the same all over, 1398
God and the p. willing, 1318
if more p. knew poetry, 1397
in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, 1389
keep my promises to other p. than to God, 1408
of the United States are not so fastidious as some gentlemen, 1314
rarely feel they can afford the luxury of telling the whole truth, 1563
swear eternal devotion to the ends of peace and security, 631
when p. go to Hollywood, they’re absolutely fascinated by the movie stars, 1406
whole Race of P. put together, 30
See also Legislators
aim of practical p., 1421
and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement, 1417
art of p., 1422
awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through p., 1157
[business] corrupts p., sports, 158
consists in directing rationally
the irrationalities of men, 1422
the damnedest / In Kentucky, 964
defeat the point of accountability in p., 150
fair idea of p., 1552
function of p., 1714
has failed, 1445
his p. is effective, 1400
I have no P., 1385
I must study P., 481
if I had attempted to take part in p., I should have perished at once and long ago, 1404
is a fascinating game, 1430
is government, 1430
is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, 1423
is not a public chore, 1423
is not an exact science, 1413
is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary, 1427
is the art of the possible, 1414
is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, 1425
[isolation] does not answer … in p. for nations, 911
makes strange bed-fellows, 1431
more poets know p., 1397
no such regulations prevail in p., 1569
of decency, 1424
of protest is shutting out the process of thought, 441
only sport for grownups—all other games are for kids, 1432
opinions in p., 1275
ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen, 1420
power p., may obstruct the paths to international peace, 910
practical kind of p., 1424
Practical p. consists in ignoring facts, 1409
Push … conducive to success, especially in p., 1412
radical in p., 315
resorting to power in order to make our p. succeed, 1445
small lie, a big lie and p., 1769
their p. [was their own business], 81
victories or defeats in battle or in p., 1753
what is true of business and p., 111
without principle, 1697
temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup P., 1554
public opinion p., 1490
the air, 313
is growing at a rapid rate, 544
reduces property values and raises taxes, 544
who doesn’t polyg, 1168
no “unwanted women” in p. countries, 1165
and glory of this world, 1103
solemnized with P. and Parade, 896
cannot help the p. by destroying the rich, 1117
cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure, 812
corn and oil for the exceedingly p. and wretched, 1648
If a free society cannot help the many who are p., 623
impassable gulf divided the Rich from the P., 1631
in America are sick, dirty, disorganized and powerless, 1442
in Resurrection City, 1442
people can’t [afford], 1085
spiritually p., 1632
support the p. rather than the rich man until you know the truth, 956
would plunder the rich, 421
[overspending] means the p., 808
how many divisions did you say the P. had?, 165
p., p., p., 277
problems, 311
on almost every public question,… mischievous or ridiculous, 1274
what we still were unpossessed by, 475
secure p. of a bleak rock, 1550
Time … the most perishable of our p., 1816
Politics is the art of the p., 1414
is the tap root of civilization, 1437
trustees of P., 2090
will be indebted, 82
will tryumph, 392
published p., 1285
no purpose is served by p., 543
bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon, 1180
of cleverness, 2027
as God’s will, 1441
enemies of man: tyranny, p., 516
enemies of man—war, p. and tyranny, 85
Neither is p. a bar [to public service], 1568
Panama and its p., 834
predatory p., 1249
sight of helpless p., 1682
tyranny of p., 1615
war on p., 1440
keep one in paint and p., 1689