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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Congress—Members of to Country |
| Congress—Members of are chosen with that great end in view, 1376 are fully possessed of their contents, 1669 as good as anybody else, 303 elect m. of C. who believe in that [prohibition], 37 personal discussions with M. of C., 1128 Here are entered the words and writings of individuals while they were Members of Congress Adams, John Quincy, 1710 Aiken, George, 888 Ames, Fisher, 279 Anderson, John B., 1411 Ashurst, Henry F., 298, 1391 Bailey, Joseph W., 1392 Barkley, Alben W., 699 Benton, Thomas Hart, 304 Boggs, Thomas Hale, quoting, 279 Borah, William E., 72, 671 Brownlow, Walter P., 299 Calhoun, John C., 300 Cannon, Clarence, quoting, 277 Cannon, Joseph G., 115, 251, 260, 281, 308, 932, 1084, 1137, 1373, 1418, 1437 Choate, Rufus, 160 Clark, Champ, 261, 301 Clay, Henry, 267, 614 Cockrell, Francis Marion, 261 Crockett, David (Davy), 262 Danielson, George E., 1394 Depew, Chauncey, 1387 Dirksen, Everett M., 288, 800 Douglas, Stephen A., 1378 Ervin, Sam, quoting Shakespeare, 705 Ford, Gerald R., 255, 263, 543, 714, 715, 889, 1302, 1880 Fulbright, J. William, 50, 125, 433, 580, 1030, 1170, 1281, 1868 Garfield, James A., 510, 718, 1666, 1824 Goldwater, Barry, 581 Hastings Daniel O., 1447 Hill, Benjamin H., 348, 722 Hull, Cordell, 1794 Humphrey, Hubert H., 291, 724 Ingalls, John J., 368 Johnson, Hiram, W., 1925 Kennedy, Edward M., 109, 1299 Kennedy, John F., 97, 132, 151, 302, 355, 494, 669, 749, 769, 907, 1128, 1381, 1382, 1397, 1577 Kennedy, Robert F., 8, 109, 116, 179, 901–902, 1212, 1864, 2095 Lamar, Lucius Q. C., 1447 Lincoln, Abraham, 561, 734, 1495, 1496 Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1026 Long, Huey P., 419, 1341–1342, 1973 Longworth, Nicholas, 2008 Madison, James, 1500 Marcy, William L., 1314 Martin, Edward, 951 Martin, John A., 2064 McGovern, George, 1542 McGroarty, John S., 302 Mitchell, George J., quoting Cromwell, 1035 Morse, Wayne, 1254 Muskie, Edmund S., 743 Penrose, Boles, 1168 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 303 Randolph, John, 554, 1038, 1098, 1172 Rankin, Jeanette, 1942 Rayburn, Sam, 267–269, 283–284, 1023, 1839 Reed, Thomas B., 970, 1503 Rogers, John J., 428 Ross, Edmund G., 894 Russell, Richard, 1259 Schurz, Carl, 1484, 1641 Sheppard, Morris, 37, 1237 Smith, Gerrit, 1075 Smith, Margaret Chase, 61 Spooner, John C., 261 Springer, William McK., 1503 Stephens, Alexander H., 502 Symington, Stuart, 811 Toombs, Robert, 222 Tower, John, quoting Churchill, 854 Vandenberg, Arthur H., 830, 1386 Watson, James E., 257 Webster, Daniel, 13, 149, 307, 359, 478, 755, 756, 813, 930, 981, 1078–1079, 1193, 1209, 1286, 1855 White, George H., 119 Williams, John Sharp, 295, 758 For additional information on Members of Congress see also under individual names in the subject and author indexes |
| Congress—Senate, 287–296 beg pardon of the S. for the unparliamentary language, 1447 cannot be freed from its obligations by s., 1000 Constitution put … control of the nation’s foreign interests in the hands of the … S., 632 critics of, 296 extravagantly praised and unreasonably disparaged, 296 falsehood outside the S., 1447 four categories of voting on the floor of the S., 811 greatest legislative body in the world, 261 I’d rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the S., 295 if the President [acts] … without … a check even from the S., 1931 is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, 291 is just what the mode of its election and the conditions of public life in this country make it, 296 kid Congress and the S., 270 length of service is what gives influence, 285 not the greatest legislative body in the world, 261 one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the S., 1281 Papers affecting the negotiation with Great Britain were laid before the S., 792 placed by themselves in a S., 259 remarkable body, the most remarkable of all, 290 represent you in the S. 298 traditions of the S., 264 vermin that shall undermine / S., 293 |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations, 986 |
| Congressional Medal of Honor, 1949 |
| Congressional Record remarks of a professional joker being put into the C. R., 271 |
| Congressman always spends the first week wondering how he got there, 278 can’t use tact with a C., 297 An incautious c., 2008 is a hog, 297 A jay hasn’t got any more principal than a C., 305 Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature, C., 306 letter to a C., 65 One never expected from a C. more than good intentions, 297 reelection or defeat of a C., 311 |
| Congressmen, 297–307 Conkling, Roscoe (1829–1888), 1447 |
| Connubial foundation of the c. tie, 554 |
| Conquer or die, 1627, 1871 Whoever can surprise well must c., 1988 |
| Conquerors less like c. than conquered, 1869 |
| Conscience approves his conduct, 356 at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates, 262 good c., our only sure reward, 7 his enlightened c., he ought not to sacrifice, 280 I act … according to my c., 300 internal satisfaction of a good c., 1560 of the nation must be roused, 1575 of the state, 1759 pleasure without c., 1697 statesmen forsake their own private c., 1764 values liberty of c., 1064 |
| Consciences responsibility we owe … to our own individual c., 1381 |
| Conscientious man, 120 objector, 1188 |
| Consent without their c., 1590 |
| Consequences leaving the c. with Providence, 1551 |
| Conservation, 308–313 and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy, 312 has been in eclipse in this country, 308 movement, 313 new doctrine of c., 308 of natural resources, 311 |
| Conservatism party of C., 1379 |
| Conservative be c., 801 economy must be c., 801 in financial circles, 316 man who thinks nothing new ought ever to be adopted for the first time, 316 most c. persons I ever met are college undergraduates, 2100 to preserve all that is good in our constitution, 314 |
| Conservatives, 314–316 |
| Consistency foolish c. is the hobgoblin of little minds, 1194 |
| Conspiracies against their country or king, 1690 |
| Constabulary power [will awe] barbaric and atavistic forces, 1861 |
| Constantinople, 614 |
| Constellation constitutional c., 647 |
| Constituency best plan for a c. to pursue is, 301 |
| Constituent rural c., 1897 |
| Constituents communication with his c., 280 court their restless c., 1563 liberty and property of their c., 492 responsibility we owe … to our c., 1381 |
| Constitution British C. is the most subtile organism, 325 |
| Constitution of the United States, 317–341 abolish the C., 1711 adoption of the C., 512 agree to this C., with all its faults, 322 amendment in the way which the C. designates, 339 amendment to the C., 1711 Amendments to the C. ought not to be too frequently made, 332 American C. is … the most wonderful work ever struck off, 325 and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated, 1852 appealed to the C., 222 bind him down from mischief by the chains of the C., 331 canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and c., 1337 [changes] even when the words remain the same, 317 distinguishing part of our C., 1050 doctrines that had no proper place in the C., 925 Don’t interfere with anything in the C., 333 faults are not in our C., 318 [greatness not in] her matchless C., 829 has changed, is changing … must continue to change, 317 impeachment, as established by the C., 894 is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, 330 is all sail and no anchor, 334 is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, 326 is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race, 320 is the law and not the decision of the Court, 338 is … the most wonderful work ever struck off, 325 is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom, 319 is what the judges say it is, 328 justice, and fraternity, 222 a miracle, 1854 next [c.] will be drawn in blood, 341 no common oracle but the C., 160 no c., no law, no court can save it [liberty], 1059 no, nor from the law and the C., 280 not from defects in their c., 1200 nothing in the C. that prevented the country from going to hell if it chose to, 327 Our c. works, 761 parts of this C. which I do not at present approve, 321 power of impeachment is … entrusted by the C. to the House of Representatives, 893 preserve all that is good in our c., 314 principle of self-government in the very C., 1975 principles of a free c., 324 principles of it’s c., 384 provide in our c. for its revision at stated periods, 329 provide in our C. for the regular punishment of the executive, 891 put the permanent control of the nation’s foreign interests in the hands of the President and the Senate, 632 sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the c., 940 single amendment to our c., 384 states reject this excellent C., 341 support and defend the C. of the United States, 1260 Tenth Amendment was ever demanded and incorporated into the C., 633 treaties under the C., 792 treaty-making power into the C., 633 Under the C., I now belong to the executive branch, 282 war-making power to Congress, 1495 Where is it written in the C. … that you may take children from their parents, 1193 See also Amendment |
| Constitution Party, 565 |
| Constitutional abuses of c. power, 491 Amendment Number twenty-two, 1569 coequal role of the Congress in our c. process, 264 fixed star in our c. constellation, 647 impropriety, 1512 objection against a frequent reference of c. questions to the decision of the whole society, 335 or legislative prohibition, 1505 provisions must be administered with caution, 1037 Violence has no c. sanction, 1891 |
| Constitutionality committee will not permit doubts as to c. … to block the suggested legislation, 337 |
| Constitutions first c. had really no leading principles in them, 1597 frequent changes in laws and C., 178 model institutions and c., 45 new c. and laws, 1900 Our chief danger arises from the democratic parts of our c., 336 |
| Contempt, 342 is not a thing to be despised, 342 |
| Content land of lost c., 2093 not be c. to wait and see what will happen, 1636 |
| Contented dreadful … when the world becomes c., 1227 |
| Continental dam, 1208 |
| Contributions equalize and moderate public c., 405 Wagner Act cost us many dollars in c., 986 |
| Control those who imagine that they can c. things, 1361 |
| Controversial books and controversial authors, 132 |
| Controversy not so important the c. be settled one way or another as that it be settled, 1013 subject of white-heat c., 830 |
| Conviction catharsis of knowledge and c., 67 |
| Convictions what c. [lead us], 107 |
| Convulsion this biennial c., 288 |
| Cool one c. judgment is worth, 937 |
| Cooperation Congress is communication, conciliation, compromise, and c., 264 |
| Corn Like a Field of young Indian C., 59 two Ears of C., 30 |
| Corporate executives, 143 |
| Corporation impersonal c., 141 we may all dread [Federal Government], 722 |
| Corporations indentured to c., 145 rapid growth of tremendous c., 141 sympathetic to c., 145 |
| Corregidor, 65, 2059 |
| Corrupt close our eyes and ears to the c., 1746 Lest one good custom should c. the world, 181 [money] used to c. and undermine the principles of our government, 803 Power tends to c., 1443 they will become c. as in Europe, 726 |
| Corrupted mighty in Washington can be persuaded, or c., 1410 when the people shall become so c., 322 |
| Corruption and injustice in our nation’s history, 1522 by authority, 1443 discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and c., 1647 shifting c. is better than a permanent bureaucracy, 1595 |
| Corrupts Absolute faith c. as absolutely as absolute power, 1448 absolute power c. absolutely, 1443 business c. everything it touches, 158 gangrene that c. the entire body, 958 |
| Costa Rica, 1944 |
| Costumes we had brought from the wilds of America, 88 |
| Cottage poorest man in his c. bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown, 861 |
| Counsel Ask c. of both times, 1997 Young men are … fitter for execution than for c., 2084 |
| Counsels thousand hasty c., 937 |
| Count idealist believes the short run doesn’t c., 868 |
| Countries Every man has two c., his own and France, 343 two c. separated by the same language, 539 |
| Country, 343–362 America … It is a fabulous c., 69 America is no better than any other c., 1308 anyone who dies for his c. is a fortunate man, 1721 as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases, 344 ask not what your c. can do for you, 769 ask what you can do for your c., 769 binds … a man to his c. with ties … as strong as links of iron, 694 but one life to lose for my c., 1304 by virtue of these laws be a happier and a more prosperous c., 267 can do for you, 766 cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor, 1632 conspiracies against their c., 1690 demands bold, persistent experimentation, 1843 die but once to serve our c., 1304 die for our c., 367 Every man has a right to one c., 883 fabulous c., the only fabulous c., 69 fate of this c. depends [upon the education of the people], 485 has the government it deserves, 740 In a progressive c. change is constant, 176 is calling you, 1342 it’s as much your c. as it is mine, 1364 live to see our C. flourish, 69 lives for the well-being of their c., 89 love of our c. soar above all minor passions, 1305 love of their c., 63 loves his c., 350 my c. is the great American Republic, 1641 My c. owes me no debt, 349 my c., right or wrong, 345–346, 1641 preserve our c. from the calamities and ravages of war, 616 publick Buildings being the ornament of a c., 93 refuses in any circumstances to fight for King and C., 2089 right or wrong, 345–346, 1641 serve my c. as a faithful servant, 766 serves his party best who serves the c. best, 1380 Service to his C., 30 set a c. free, 665 shall be independent, 1621 she [America] is better than every other c., 1308 stand by my c., 1942 This is my C., 347 useful to my c. and harmful to Europe, 1606 what our c. has done for each of us, 768 what was good for our c. was good for General Motors, 352 what we can do for our c. in return, 768 what you can do for your c., 766 when right to be kept right, 1641 where liberty is, there is my c., 1057 whether my c. is the better for my having lived at all, 1679 Who lets his c. die, lets all things die, 348 Who saves his c., saves himself, 348 worth living in, 2082 wreck of his c., 1898 |
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