Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989 .
Author Index: Chaucer to Hegel
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 13431400), 447 Chaumont, M. Le Ray de, letter from John Paul Jones, 848 Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of (16941773), 361 , 1184 , 2087 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (18741936), 1 , 252 , 345 , 416 , 1365 Chevalier, Maurice-Auguste (18881972), 20 The Chicago Times, editorial, 1487 Childrens Aid Society, 46 Choate, Rufus (17991859), 160 Christopher Society, motto of, 448 Chung Kuan. See Kuan Chung. Church, Francis P. (18391906), 1660 Church, Frank (19241984), quoting Nikita Khrushchev, 1257 Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (18741965), 15 , 4041 , 138 , 165 , 201 , 234 , 253 , 394 , 401 402 , 417 , 440 , 528 , 537 538 , 854 , 1277 , 1294 , 1333 , 1353 1354 , 1374 , 1419 , 1433 , 1554 , 1634 , 1652 1653 , 1716 , 1861 , 1870 , 1913 1914 , 1958 , 1991 , 2004 , 2046 2047 , 2051 2056 , 2088 2089 eightieth birthday address, 1276 letter to Herbert Morrison, 1525 quoting Eleuthérios Venizélos, 529 Cicero, Marcus Tullius (10643 B.C. ), 21 , 28 , 191 , 215 , 581 , 712 , 795 , 1000 Cicero, Quintus Tullius (c. 10243 B.C. ), 1543 Clark, Esther Mary (fl. 1906), 683 Clark, Champ (James Beauchamp Clark) (18501921), 261 , 301 , 606 Clark, Ramsey (1927 ), 318 , 360 Clark, Thomas Campbell (18991977), 832 Clausewitz, Karl von (17801831), 1915 1917 Clay, Henry (17771852), 185 , 267 , 614 , 1367 , 1503 Clemenceau, Georges (18411929), 2 3 , 47 , 586 , 1954 quoting Adolf Lasson, 1349 quoting Matthias Erzberger, 864 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. See Twain, Mark. Cleveland, Grover (18371908), 139 , 1670 , 1806 inaugural address (1885), 796 inaugural address (1893), 777 letter to William F. Vilas, 1488 Clough, Arthur Hugh (18191861), 1805 Cobb, Irwin Shrewsbury (18761944), 1970 Cockburn, Sir Alexander James Edmund, 10th Baronet (18021880), 2030 Cockrell, Francis Marion (18341915), 261 Coke, Sir Edward (15521634), 859 , 1001 , 1173 Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (16191683), 1788 Colfax, Schuyler, (18231885), 476 Colvin, John B., letter from Thomas Jefferson, 1009 Comenius, John Amos (15921670), 1481 Commager, Henry Steele (19021998), 1622 Confucius (551479 B.C. ), 1317 , 1635 Conkling, Roscoe (18291888), 1447 Connally, John B., Jr. (19171993), 418 Conway, Moncure Daniel (18321907), 294 Conwell, Russell Herman (18431925), 817 , 1201 Cook, Daniel John (1926 ), 1817 Coolidge, Calvin (18721933), 73 , 140 , 319 320 , 797 799 , 951 , 1138 , 1355 , 1375 1376 , 1775 , 1846 , 2025 inaugural address (1925), 798 Cooper, Thomas (17591839), letter from Thomas Jefferson, 727 Coray, A., letter from Thomas Jefferson, 940 Cortissoz, Royal (18691948), 1107 Cosway, Maria Cecilia Louisa Hadfield (17591838), letter from Thomas Jefferson, 687 Cousins, Norman (19151990), 1959 Cox, Harvey G. (1929 ), 389 Craighill, Edward A., 1812 Crayon, Geoffrey (pseudonym of Washington Irving). See Irving, Washington. Creighton, Mandell (18431901), letter from Lord Acton, 1443 1444 Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume Jean de (pseudonym J. Hector St. John) (17351813), 48 Crockett, David (Davy) (17861836), 262 Cromwell, Oliver (15991658), 1035 Cross, Mary Ann Evans. See Eliot, George. Culbertson, Ely (18911955), 1318 Curley, James Michael (18741958), quoting Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, 1021 Curran, John Philpot (17501817), 1054 Cushing, Richard James, Cardinal (18951970), 1278 Dana, John Cotton (18561929), 1799 Daniels, Josephus (18621948), letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5 Danielson, George E. (1915 ), 1394 Dante Alighieri (12651321), 749 , 1211 , 1771 Darion, Joe (1917 ), 459 Darrow, Clarence Seward (18571938), 1555 Davidon, William (1927 ), 126 Davis, Jefferson (18081889), 760 Day, Clarence Shepard, Jr. (18741935), 129 de Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie (18901970), 2039 De La Motta, Jacob (17891845), letter from James Madison, 552 de Tocqueville Alexis. See Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel de. De Vries, Peter (19101993), 701 702 Debs, Eugene Victor (18551926), 673 Decatur, Stephen (17791820), 346 Dederich, Charles (1913 ), 1825 Degler, Carl N. (1921 ), 49 Demosthenes (c. 384322 B.C. ), 1677 Dennis, Patrick (pseudonym of Edward Everett Tanner III, 19211976), 1094 Depew, Chauncey Mitchell (18341928), 897 , 1387 Dewar, Thomas R., 1st Baronet (18641930), 1777 Dewey, John (18591952), 639 Dickens, Charles (18121870), 231 , 380 , 1002 , 1465 , 1526 , 1818 Diderot, Denis (17131784), 965 Dies, Martin (19001972), 249 Diogenes Laertius (fl. c. 200), 482 Dirksen Everett McKinley (18961969), 288 , 800 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (18041881), 176 , 254 , 314 , 485 , 872 , 952 , 1113 , 1164 , 1238 , 1264 , 1279 1280 , 1368 , 1377 , 1631 , 1769 , 1778 1779 , 1943 , 2090 letters to: Brydges Willyams, Sarah, 1319 Grey de Wilton, Lord, 713 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. See Carroll, Lewis. Dogood, Silence (pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin), 674 Dolan, John Terry (19501986), 150 Donald, Alexander, letter from Thomas Jefferson, 358 Donne, John (15721631), 134 Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich (18211881), 432 , 1527 Douglas, Stephen Arnold (18131861), 1378 reply from Abraham Lincoln, 1639 Douglas, William Orville (18981980), 141 , 167 , 442 , 541 , 1015 , 1144 , 1529 , 1613 1614 , 1717 , 1890 1891 Douglass, Frederick (c. 18171895), 443 , 1575 , 1599 1601 Dowling, Richard William (18381867), 1987 Downs, Robert Bingham (19031991), letter from Dwight David Eisenhower, 640 Dowson, Ernest (18671900), 460 Draper, Theodore (1912 ), 1445 Dryden, John (16311700), 636 , 1960 du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel (17391817), letter from Thomas Jefferson, 490 Dufief, N. G., letter from Thomas Jefferson, 170 Dulles, John Foster (18881959), 1961 Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder (18021870), 1862 Dumas, Mr., letter from Thomas Jefferson, 1322 Dunne, Finley Peter (18671936), 427 , 1583 Duponceau, Pierre E. (17601844), letter from James Madison, 738 Durant, Ariel (18981981), 1320 Durant, Will (18851981), 206 , 1320 , 1646 Dwight, Timothy (17521817), 1210 Earle, George Howard (18901974), 250 Eaton, Anne S., 684 Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley (18821944), 2076 Edwards, Jonathan (17031758), 1055 Edwards, Sherman (19191981), 273 Edwards, Tryon (18091894), 1830 Ehrenburg, Ilya Grigoryevich (18911967), 542 Ehrmann, Max (18721945), 1114 Einstein, Albert (18791955), 124 , 1603 , 1661 1662 Eisenhower, Dwight David (18901969), 403 , 608 , 550 , 640 , 801 , 849 , 913 , 924 , 1321 , 1420 , 1489 , 1671 , 1712 , 1739 , 1878 1879 , 1918 , 2070 farewell address (1961), 1177 letter to Everett E. (Swede) Hazlett, 1178 quoting Alexis de Tocqueville, 829 State of the Union message (1958), 1772 Eliot, Charles William (18341926), 130 , 1438 Eliot, George (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross, 18191880), 509 , 1228 , 1692 Eliot, Thomas Stearns (18881965), 579 Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (17911858), 1532 Emerson, Ralph Waldo (18031882), 186 , 315 , 557 , 597 , 641 , 753 , 818 , 873 , 1003 1004 , 1086 , 1194 , 1234 , 1379 , 1528 , 1686 , 1780 , 1789 , 1819 1820 Engels, Friedrich (18201895), 242 , 1654 , 1757 Erasmus, Desiderius (14651536), 451 Ervin, Sam (18961985), quoting Robert Louis Stevenson, 1104 quoting Shakespeare, 705 Ervine, St. John Greer (18831971), 1165 Erzberger, Matthias (18751921), 864 Euripides (c. 485406 B.C. ), 1699 Evans, Mary Ann. See Eliot, George. Everett, Edward (17941865), letter from Thomas Jefferson, 725 Fairless, Benjamin Franklin (18901962), 142 Falkland, Lucius Cary, 2d Viscount (c. 16101643), 175 Faraday, Michael (17911867), 1790 Farber, Barry, 1655 Faulkner, William (18971962), 354 , 1145 Feather, William (18891981), 486 The Federalist No. 14, on the American people, 82 No. 30, on taxation, 1791 No. 37, on government, 765 No. 43, on elections, 512 on government, 782 No. 47, on government, 790 No. 49, the Constitution of the United States, 335 No. 51, on government, 739 No. 62, on law, 1012 No. 71, on duty, 468 No. 73, on power, 1446 No. 75, on foreign policy, 615 No. 85, on government, 721 on perfection, 1348 Fields, James Thomas (18171881), 601 Fish, Williston (18581939), 192 Fitzgerald, Robert Stuart (19101985), 2092 Fitzroy, Edward Algernon (186919??), quoting Benjamin Disraeli, 1280 Flexner, Abraham (18661959), 1919 Forbes, Malcolm S. (19191990), quoting Socrates, 195 Ford, Gerald Rudolph (1913 ), 74 , 255 , 264 , 282 , 404 , 527 , 543 , 714 715 , 761 , 889 , 1302 , 1490 1492 , 1831 , 1863 , 1880 , 1920 quoting Thomas Henry Huxley, 263 Foss, Sam Walter (18581911), 685 Foullon, Joseph François (17171789), 1347 France, Anatole (pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, 18441924), 487 Francis, Saint, of Assisi (c. 11811226), 1466 Francis, James Allan (18641928), 916 Frankfurter, Felix (18821965), 551 , 1005 , 1998 Franklin, Benjamin (17061790), 265 , 321 323 , 395 , 674 , 703 , 716 , 890 91 , 967 , 1036 , 1056 1057 , 1146 , 1240 , 1460 , 1593 , 2005 letters to: Brillon, Madame, 2071 Galloway, Joseph, 1560 Hartley, David, 347 Mecom, Mrs. Jane, 1551 Vaughan, Benjamin, 608 , 953 Washington, George, 59 Friedman, Milton (1912 ), 143 Frohman, Charles (18601915), quoting Sir James Matthew Barrie, 988 Fromm, Erich (19001980), 933 Frost, Holloway Halstead (18891935), 1769 Frost, Robert (18741963), 475 , 860 Fulbright, James William (19051995), 50 , 125 , 433 , 580 , 1030 , 1170 , 1281 , 1868 quoting Erasmus, 451 Fuller, Margaret, Marchioness Ossoli (18101850), 1680 Fuller Melville Weston (18331910), 717 Gallatin, Albert (17611849), 1202 Galloway, Joseph (c. 17311803), letter from Benjamin Franklin, 1560 Galsworthy, John (18671933), 4 Gandhi, Indira (19171984), 1303 Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahatma (18691948), 1021 memorial inscription of The Seven Sins, 1697 García Lorca, Federico (18981936), 14 Gardner, John William (19122002), 16 17 , 568 , 1025 Garfield, James Abram (18311881), 718 , 1666 , 1824 letter to William Babcock Hazen, 510 Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot. See Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d Marquis of. Gautier, Théophile (18111872), 173 Gay, John (16851732), 1871 Gellius, Aulus (c. 123c. 165), 1832 Genêt, Edmond-Charles-Édouard (17631834), letter from Thomas Jefferson, 1809 George, David Lloyd. See Lloyd George, David. Gérard, Rosemonde (18711953), 1130 Gerry, Elbridge (17441814), letters from Thomas Jefferson, 382 , 1493 Gibbon, Edward (17371794), 324 , 1647 Gibran, Kahlil (18831931), 642 , 766 , 836 , 968 , 1131 , 1229 , 1366 , 1833 Gilliam, Shelton, letter from Thomas Jefferson, 802 Giovanni, Fra, 1467 Gladstone, William Ewart (18091898), 290 , 325 , 363 , 530 , 954 , 1294 , 1790 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (17491832), 666 , 719 , 877 , 1813 Goggan, John Patrick. See Patrick, John. Goldwater, Barry Morris (19091998), 581 Gompers, Samuel (18501924), 982 983 , 1983 telegram from Calvin Coolidge, 1775 Grant, Ulysses Simpson (18221885), 467 , 1687 Graves, Robert (18951985), 2092 Gray, Thomas (17161771), 1216 Greeley, Horace (18111872), 1594 Green, Thomas Jefferson (18011863), 32 Greene, Graham (19041991), 1656 Greenspan, Alan (1926 ), 144 Grenville, George (17121770), 720 Grew, Joseph Clark (18801965), 2057 Grey, Mary Elizabeth, Countess (177?1861), letter from Sydney Smith, 1947 Grey de Wilton, Arthur Edward Holland Grey Grosvenor, Viscount (18331885), letter from Benjamin Disraeli, 713 Griffin, William (18971949), 2046 Grimes, James Wilson (18161872), letter from Abraham Lincoln, 511 Griswold, Alfred Whitney (19061963), 168 , 898 Gromyko, Andrei (19091989), 1708 Guest, Edgar Albert (18811959), 1841 Guren, David. See Ben-Gurion, David. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (18921975), 1721 Hale, Edward Everett (18221909), 289 , 899 , 1434 Hale, Nathan (17551776), 1304 , 1561 Halsey, William Frederick, Jr. (18821959), 819 Hamilton, Alexander (17551804), 762 , 865 , 1058 , 1334 , 1395 The Federalist, 468 (no. 71); 615 (no. 75); 721 (no. 85); 1348 (no. 85); 1446 (no. 73); 1791 (no. 30) letter from George Washington, 1192 Hamilton, Edith (18671963), 643 , 1087 Hammarskjöld, Dag (19051961), 1857 Hammond, Charles, letter from Thomas Jefferson, 941 , 1246 Hand, Learned (18721961), 258 , 1059 Harding, David, letter from Thomas Jefferson, 1283 Harding, Warren Gamaliel (18651923), 767 inaugural address (1921), 1999 letter from Will Rogers, 1385 Harington, Sir John (1560?1612), 1826 Harlan, John Marshall (18831911), 326 Harper, Robert Goodloe (17651825), 804 Harrington, James (16111677), 991 Harris, Sidney Justin (19171986), 868 Harrison, William Henry (17731841), 763 message from Oliver Hazard Perry, 518 Hartley, David (17051757), letter from Benjamin Franklin, 347 Hastings, Daniel O. (18741966), 1447 Hatsell, John (17421820), 892 Havard, William (17101778), 644 Hawthorne, Nathaniel (18041864), letter from Herman Melville, 1272 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (18221893), 1380 Haynes, George Henry (18661947), quoting William Ewart Gladstone, 290 Haywood, William Dudley (18691928), letter from Joe Hill, 984 Hazen, William Babcock (18301887), letter from James Abram Garfield, 510 Hazlett, Everett E. (Swede) (18921958), letter from Dwight David Eisenhower, 1178 Healey, Thomas F., 1217 Heatter, Gabriel (18901972), 1242 Heber, Reginald (17831826), 1147 Hébert, F. Edward (19011979), quoting García Lorca, 14 Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (17701831), 570 , 856