Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
American to Bacon, Sir Francis
American as cherry pie, 1889 as great an A. as ever lived, 830 average A., 83 blood shed in the field, 2047 boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home, 1881 built, American owned, and American manned, 1687 by his mother he [Churchill] is A., 1352 cannot be an A. solution to every world problem, 1735 city, 210 divergence of A. life from its starting point, 1018 Dream, 463 duty to give him the full rights of an A., 883 fights against natural obstacles, 2045 first President to preside over an A. defeat, 1885 free man first and an A. second, 1396 make, 617 my country is the great A. Republic, 1641 name of A., 1312 no. A. is held down by race or color, 1343 society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, 64 solution to every world problem, 1735 sympathy, 2047 values upon which our [A.] system is built, 1868 wants to preserve his dignity and his equality, 1671 what it means to be an A., 71 What then is the A., 48 will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it, 86
American Constitution. SeeConstitution of the United States.
American people, 7188 are a very generous people, 84 business of the A. p. is business, 140 compatible with the mission of the A. p., 796 energy will test the character of the A. p., 526 forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity, 84 glory of the people of America, 82 into one common mass, 1762 long-term common sense of the A. p., 1489 not what I intend to offer the A. p., but what I intend to ask of them, 769 talk sense to the A. p., 52, 85 what we are and what we hope to be, 418 will prove themselves, 1641 See also Americans; People
American Revolution. SeeRevolutionary war (17761783).
Americanism basic principles of A., 61 means the virtues of courage, honor, justice , 58 shout the loudest about A., 61
Americans all that A. want is security, 1671 are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, 16 assess the cost of war in terms of human lives, 2070 cleave to the things of this world, 86 combine to give fetes, found seminaries, build churches, 99 dreams of these earlier generations of A., 621 feel threatened by runaway technology, 16 generation of A. has a rendezvous with destiny, 1607 hurry after some new delight, 86 I want them [Adam and Eve] to be A., 1259 little A., 72 most creative statesmen in modern history, 1622 never quit, 80 Put none but A. on guard tonight, 1629 recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven, 53 truths to the Americans attention, 362 [unwillingness] to identify themselves with something as vast as the United States, 50 We [England] do not intend to part from the A., 531 when they die, go to Paris, 75 whether A. are to be Freemen, or Slaves, 1627
Americas conquests are made with the plowshare, 2045 everlasting, living dream, 67 finest hours, 1884 One of A. most priceless assets is idealism, 2096
Appointed course with all speed, 1439 swift completion of their a. rounds, 1439
Appointments cabinet a., chargeships and foreign missions, 1313 do not promise to consider race or religion in my a. 1577 short duration of their a., 765
Approve I do not at present a., but I am not sure I shall never a., 321
Archers prudent a., take an aim much higher than their mark, 825
Architect of decay, 184 would you consent to be the a. on those conditions?, 432
Architects of consummate skill and fidelity, 63 one of the greatest of English a., 458
Architecture, 9194 aims at eternity, 93 has its Political use, 93 worth great attention, 92
Are begin where you a., 817 By how much we know, so much we a., 1086 conjecture where we now a., 1286 If we could first know where we a., 936 what we a. and what we hope to be, 418 what we a. is what becomes of us, 1676 what you a. stands over you, 186
Arena Bullfight critics row on row / Crowd the vast a. full, 14 Caesar and Christ had met in the a., 206 cattle of the political a., 1566 for men from the West and men from the East, 1366 man in the a., 10 met upon the a., 1019 of life one may meet the challenge of courage, 355 political a., 494, 1566
Arlington National Cemetery, inscriptions Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 7, 77, 516, 661, 769770, 1066 Kennedy, Robert Francis, 8, 1864, 1995 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 1734
Armed might is worthless if we lack the brain power to build a world of peace, 493
Armies All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, 406 number itself in a. importeth not much, 1176
Arms clash of resounding a., 1061 not as a call to bear a., though a. we need, 516 not willing to bear a., 1191 world in a. is not spending money alone, 403
Army attend to all the details of the a., 1180 Courage and Conduct of this a., 1627 discipline, more than numbers, 1182 general was doing more for victory by writing a poem than by commanding an a., 1589 General Officers of this a., [make me] tremble, 1184 it wont be a bit like the A., 1514 No a. has ever done so much with so little, 2060 of monkeys, 2076 only difference between a mob and a trained a. is organization, 1375 trusted for their defence to a mercenary a., 1647 See alsoMilitary affairs; Military service; Soldiers
Ashes burn my body to a., 1638 mothers a., 1067 new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their a., 1594
Asia All the armies of Europe, A., and Africa, 406 American frontier has been on the coasts of A., 2064 cultures of A., 182 if we lose the war to communism in A., 247 In A., the masses now count for something, 1618 land war in A., 1887 peoples of A. can destroy it piece by piece, 1927 See alsoVietnam Conflict
Ask counsel of both times, 1997 Life gives you what you a., 1099 not just what government will do for me, 771 not what I intend to offer what I intend to a., 769 not what your country can do for you, 769 ourselves what we can do for our country, 768 What can I do for my city, 767 what can I do for myself, 771 what you can do for your country, 769
Asleep one-third of the world is a. at any given time, 2037 See alsoSleep; Sleeping
Asphalt You could cover the whole world with a., 542
Athens greatest and richest of all cities, 1022 possessed of great wealth and riches in which all citizens had a right to share, 643 there will not be different laws at Rome and at A., 1000
Atom beginning to imagine the force and composition of the a., 111
Atomic brink of a. war, 1657 Effect of the A. Bomb, 125 first a. bomb, 123 hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy, 126 powerful [a.] bombs of a new type, 124 secret of a. energy does not belong to America, 1254 worst is a. war, 403 See alsoBombs and bombing