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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Gold to Greeley, Horace |
| Gold and silver that waits for them in West, 476 isn’t all, 33 natural stability of g., 159 Not g. but only men, 1234 property turns sand to g., 1550 standard, 1205 vote for g., 159 |
| Golden Age, 309 door, 1770 shining, g. opportunity, 68 Silence is g., 1691 |
| Gompers, Samuel (1850–1924), 115 |
| Good achieve g. in their own small corner of the world, 1361 administration can never save bad policy, 1372 America is great because she is g., 829 Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy g. policy, 1372 churches, 217 conducive to the g., 105 consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, 1214 Do all the g. you can, 452 few things wholly evil or wholly g., 561 For every g. that you wish to preserve, 1605 greatest g. for the greatest number, 119 If a g. deed I may do, 453 if men be bad, let the government be never so g., 745 Let men be g., and the government cannot be bad, 745 men to do nothing, 560 more power than any g. man should want, 1447 most g. things are produced by labor, 977 must associate; else they fall one by one, 560 no g. man would deserve, 1447 nor must we ever do Evil, that G. may come of it, 564 not even for the general g. of the whole community, 997 nothing so bad or so g. that you will not find an Englishman doing it, 535 of those who confer … the trust, 712 penalty g. men pay for indifference to public affairs, 565 pursuing our own g. in our own way, 650 rather do the g. that is straight under our noses, 1361 roads, 217 schools, 217 took the g. things for granted, 1605 what was g. for our country was g. for General Motors, 352 whether it have more of evil than of g., 561 will toward men, 1315 |
| Goodbye Christ Jesus Lord God Jehova, 917 |
| Goose so plucking the g., 1788 |
| Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich (1931– ), 1708 |
| Govern ability of the President and the Congress to g. this Nation, 526 heard by those who g., 1747 Here, sir, the people g., 762 One father is enough to g. one hundred sons, 193 only legitimate right to g., 763 People who own the country ought to g. it, 764 representatives chosen by the people to g., 1364 teaches us to g. ourselves, 719 |
| Governed by different laws, 1631 by God, 746 consent of the g., 760 express grant of power from the g., 763 one of the g. instead, 1566 that country is best g., which is least g., 723 to be g. is to be watched over, 747 |
| Governing class is composed of the strong men, 1566 forfeit your right to be considered one of the g., 1566 great art of g., 744 not g. too much, 751 [United States] can do without g., 711 |
| Government, 706–759 administration of g., like a guardianship, 712 aim of g. is liberty, 785 aim of g. is not to rule, 785 are carrying an immense weight, 731 are very keen on amassing statistics, 1768 art of g., 751 at all levels was refreshed and renewed and made truly responsive, 1617 at Washington still lives, 718 bad g. has grown out of too much g., 758 becomes a lawbreaker, 707 being the people’s business, 1573 best g. is that which governs least, 753 big enough to give you everything you want, 714 big enough to take from you everything you have, 714 boards of control, 1588 business of g., 781 by the people, 760–765 called a republic, 425 cannot choose between party g. and Parliamentary g., 1377 cannot endure permanently half slave and half free, 1851 cannot expect perfect g., 1351 citizen participation, 766–772 contribute to his G., 1794 corporation we may all well dread, 722 critics of, 731 definition of, 773–775 democracy is the worst form of G. except all those other forms, 417 duty of g. to make its citizens happy, 786 essence of g., 729 essence of G. is power, 1450 Every country has the g. it deserves, 740 faults of a G., 749 folly or the wickedness of g., 1193 form may survive the substance of the faith, 717 free system of g., 738 freest g. … would not be long acceptable, 1549 functions do not include the support of the people, 777 functions of the general g. on which you have a right to call, 405 God-given right to kick the g. around, 743 good g., 55 hope for the salvation of free g., 506 how little after all it is possible for any g. to do, 783 If men were angels, no g. would be necessary, 739 If the g. is in jeopardy, 442 If we [socialists] gained control of the American g., 1711 immortality on earth is a g. bureau, 709 in the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its character and purpose, 1670 integrity of g., 752 is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants, 773 is best which governs least, 753 is best which governs not at all, 753 is distinctive from administration, 734 is force, 754 is like a big baby, 775 is not reason, 754 is not self-existent, 73 is the exact symbol of its People, 710 is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it, 1004 is what the people think, 774 it was a good g., 737 language of that illustrious g., 1867 legitimate object of g., 780 less g. we have the better, 753 let the g. be never so good, 745 liberty … [is the] vital principle [of g.], 1050 Like People like G., 710 Many forms of g. have been tried, 417 members of the G., 159 mobs should be forced to work and not depend on g. for subsistence, 795 moral test of g., 724 no secrets from g., 1529 not a g. of laws, 756 not one bit better than the g. we got for one-third the money, 807 not our democratic system of g., 493 obedience to G., 1476 object of any good g., 977 object of good g., 778 object of g., 785 objects of all legitimate g., 779 of laws, 793 of laws and not of men, 761, 991 of persons is replaced by the administration of things, 1757 offices, 1563 officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct, 793 omissions of a G. frozen in the ice of its own indifference, 749 order and property would be saved by a strong military g., 421 ought not to interfere, 780 party g. and Parliamentary g., 1377 people are cheated out of the best ingredients in their G., 1931 people are responsible for the acts of their g., 1346 people may prefer a free g., 741 policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil], 561 politics is g., 1430 popular g., 969 [popular g.] rests upon two principles, 1644 power, 1774 power of g., 1567 preservation of a free g., 489 prevent g. from wasting the labors of the people, 727 purpose of, 776–787 responsive to the people, 715 rigorously frugal & simple, 382 satire is this on g., 1789 Science of G. it is my duty to study, 481 separation of powers, 788–792 shall in the future have no right under any implied power, 1763 should be at all times open to the public view, 1573 should not be made an end in itself, 787 standard of responsibility which no g. can possibly meet, 783 strong and a just, and, if possible, a good g., 757 strong enough to protect the interests of the people, 750 struggling to maintain the g., not to overthrow it, 732 superiority [of popular g.] … rests upon two principles, 1644 support of pure g., 1337 support their G., 777 take the trouble to do the work of g., 1566 taking from the federal g. the power of borrowing, 384 to regulate that which it subsidizes, 1587 Too much law was too much g., 759 too strong for the liberties of its own people, 733 too weak to maintain its own existence, 733 unequal to the exertions necessary for preserving it, 741 upon principle, has not right to interfere with anything other than the general class of things, 1761 utmost g. can do, 783 value of, 772 was not a perfect g., 737 we must make g. believable, 715 we stood by our g. in its peril, 737 which attempts more than this is precisely the g. which is likely to perform less, 781 Which is the best g.?, 719 which robs Peter to pay Paul, 1796 who enjoys the protection of a free G., owes … his personal services to the defence of it, 1192 who shall reconstruct the fabric of demolished g., 755 wise and sound g., 1375 wise g. knows how to enforce with temper, 720 without newspapers, 1245 without popular information … [is] a Farce or a Tragedy, 969 without the power of defence! it is a solecism, 412 |
| Government officials, 793–794, 796 |
| Government spending, 308, 795–813, 1411 |
| Government’s be most on our guard to protect liberty when the G. purposes are beneficent, 1048 |
| Governments are republican only in proportion as they embody the will of their people, 1597 basis of our g., 1245 can enforce laws, 1746 can err, 749 do not and cannot support the people, 781 duty of g., 776 in its g. the deliberative forces should prevail, 1049 rest on the consent of the governed, 760 strong and successful g., 750 weak and helpless ones, 750 will remain virtuous, 726 working-men are the basis of all g., 976 |
| Governors people who mean to be their own G., 969 |
| Governs best government is that which g. least, 753 God g. in the affairs of men, 703 government is best which g. least, 753 government is best which g. not at all, 753 in America, the President reigns … and Journalism g., 1524 |
| Graham, Billy (1918– ), 65 |
| Grain of mustard seed, 592 of wheat, 1752 |
| Grand none ever would be made so g., 161 |
| Grandeur size is not g., 51 |
| Grant of power from the governed, 763 specific g. of power, 1511 us a common faith, 1463 us fair weather for Battle, 1473 |
| Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822–1885), 65, 223, 297, 1110 |
| Granted took the good things for g., 1605 |
| Grants implied g. of power, 214 |
| Grass I am the g., 1964 love … is as perennial as the g., 1114 sooner or later green g. would break through, 542 two Blades of G., 30 will grow in the streets, 27 |
| Grave beside my g. [my effigy], not grim and scowling, but all smiles and garlands, 376 dig the g. of the United States, 2043 paths of glory lead but to the g., 1216 republic of the g., 368 |
| Gravelet, Jean-François. See Blondin, Charles. |
| Graven image, 1804 |
| Graven images, 1805 |
| Graves proud men compete for nameless g., 1110 |
| Gravity like g. by night and by day, 941 mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and g., 1134 |
| Greasy pole, 1778 |
| Great all g. world-historic facts and personages appear … twice, 856 and noble task, 2029 as g. an American as ever lived, 830 assembly of g. men is the greatest fool upon earth, 608 challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet, 819 days ahead, 59 entail, 1608 first be g. in his own Philadelphia, 817 fixed star in the firmament of g. names, 1977 he who can alter my state of mind, 818 he who would be g. anywhere, 817 if you wish to be g. at all, you must begin where you are, 817 institutions will provide it with g. men, 1151 jump through any hoop / To be the g. man of a little group, 656 man dies, 371 mass of the people, 1620 men are almost always bad men, 1443 men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state, 816 men, take paths beaten by, 825 men, There aren’t any, 819 nations rise and fall, 1238 Not he is g. who can alter matter, 818 Presidents were leaders of thought, 1504 Society, 2028 Society has arrived, 1714 Society is not a safe harbor, 691 Society rests on abundance and liberty for all, 691 Some are born g., 828 souls endure in silence, 1694 Spirit placed me and my people on this land poor and naked, 1545 statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, 1766 three things which make a nation g., 815 thy sea is so g., 1479 voice of g. events, 1584 We cannot avoid meeting g. issues, 827 with small men no g. thing can really be accomplished, 1760 |
| Great Britain negotiation [Papers] with G. B. were laid before the Senate, 792 See also England |
| Greater Four things g. than all things are, 824 |
| Greatest good for the g. number, 119 poem is still unsung, 111 |
| Greatness, 814–831 and genius of America, 829 be not afraid of g., 828 farewell, to all my g., 1103 I am against bigness and g. in all their forms, 822 I know the g. of the task for which Providence has chosen me, 821 in his knowledge that man has found his g., 972 some achieve g., 828 some have g. thrust upon ’em, 828 to bend history itself, 179 We do not display our g. by placing ourselves at one extremity, 826 |
| Greece, 1071 more glorious edifice than G. or Rome, 755 |
| Greed, 832–834 and lust for riches, 833 |
| Greedy men, blind with the lust for money, 832 |
| Greek not an Athenian or a G., but a citizen of the world, 216 |
| Greeks bearing gifts, 118 |
| Greeley, Horace (1811–1872), 65 |
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