| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Death to Different |
| Death, 363–378 any man’s d. diminishes me, 134 casting of the dice of d. and birth, 1542 cause of d. has been either War or Class, 228 claims the light of my brow, 1217 faithful and true even to d., 446 give me liberty, or give me d., 1061 hath not touched it at all, 1751 How beautiful is d. when earned by virtue, 1304 judgment of d., 934 life and d. are parts of the same Great Adventure, 1121 Love has power that dispels D., 1131 nothing perpetual but d., 885 only dies, 375 pursue his principles unto d., 356 rendezvous with d., 373 report of my d. has been greatly exaggerated, 378 shall call the whirlwind to his aid, 457 the shatterer of worlds, 123 steps in in the end, 86 ’Tis after d. that we measure men, 366 with Christian Hope, 549 would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty, 364 Your d. and my d. are mainly of importance to ourselves, 374 |
| Deaths and resurrections, 1752 pass unchanged through countless d., 1752 |
| Debate before we float farther on the waves of this d., 1286 endorse tumultuous confrontation as substitute for d., 1389 free d. are indispensable to ultimate unity, 634 in the absence of d. unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion, 677 It [freedom of speech] can be maintained only by promoting d., 677 one possible explanation of unlimited d. in the Senate, 1281 principle of free d., 678 surrender of free d., 634 |
| Debates value of d. in a presidential election, 508 |
| Debt, 379–388 growth of that d., 387 increasing, by every device, the public d., 382 must not let our rulers load us with perpetual d., 381 My country owes me no d., 349 national d., 382, 388 origin of that d., 387 public d. as the greatest of the dangers to be feared, 383 public d., increasing by every device, 382 public d. should be reduced, 795 reasonable internal d., 388 was not d. but investment, 379 |
| Debts men are least willing to pay the taxes, 1789 of the United States, 1202 |
| Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life, 1116 |
| Decay ancient civilizations in the years of their d., 226 architect of d., 184 discover in the public felicity latent causes of d., 1647 |
| Deceitfulness of our hearts, 53 |
| Deceive a jay will d., 305 |
| Decency and propriety of conduct, 884 climate of d. and civility, 54 no sense of d., 1171 politics of d., 1424 security and liberty, 793 |
| Decide Not to d. is to d., 389 |
| Decision, 389–391 before the D. was completed, the poor snake died with thirst, 265 John Marshall has made his d., 939 |
| Decisions become law by precedent, 940 great d., not easy d., 85 mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its d., 269 others seek to turn their d. to political purposes, 944 Some men can make d. and some cannot, 1513 to let someone else decide are really our d., 389 |
| Declaration of Independence, 392–397 author of the D. of American I., 546 find their most famous expression in the American D. of I., 394 is my birth certificate, 65 it will cost Us to maintain this D., 392 noble D., which ought to be hung in the nursery of every king, 393 |
| Dedication were we truly men of d., 1604 |
| Deed If a good d. I may do, 453 which in our guilt we today call weakness, 836 |
| Deeds bad d. are necessary and justified, 933 Doer of d. could have done them better, 10 good d. by the enemy, 933 |
| Defeat, 398–399 first d. in its [America’s] 190-year history, 1885 first President to preside over an American d., 1885 in D.: Defiance, 1958 is an orphan, 1872 man is not made for d., 398 messenger of d., 32 this new enemy, 1968 through deficit, 52 turn d. into victory, 1087 |
| Defeated destroyed but not d., 398 |
| Defend and we build a way of life, 56 relax our readiness to d. ourselves, 409 |
| Defense, 400–412 Education is the cheap d. of nations, 483 expenditures, 400 is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty, 1069 machines of d., 409 Millions for d., but not one cent for tribute, 804 owes not only a portion of his property, but even his personal services to the d. of it [free Government], 1192 power of d., 412 slashes in their [defense budget] estimates, 1178 strong d. is the surest way to peace, 404 trusted for their d. to a mercenary army, 1647 |
| Defenses enemy d., 407 |
| Defensive weapons, 440 |
| Deficit defeat through d., 52 Mr. Roosevelt apologized for each annual d., 379 |
| Deficits continues to pile up d., 809 |
| Deflation, 1204 |
| Degree of civilization, 1527 to which justice is carried out, 957 |
| Dehumanization instruments of d., 1448 |
| Deity Perfect happiness … was never intended by the D., 841 See also God |
| Delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, 1290 without undue d., 1758 |
| Deliberate all d. speed, 1758 |
| Delicate extremely d. matters, 40 |
| Delights the Eye … of every observing Traveller, 59 |
| Delightsome fruitfull and d. land, 189 |
| Demagogue Expect to be called a d., 2025 |
| Democracy, 413–426 always collapses over loose fiscal policy, 424 an attitude of mind, a spiritual testament, and not an economic structure or a political machine, 414 be ready to die for it [d.], 1340 cannot exist as a permanent form of government, 424 collisions and conflict that tear d. apart, 154 cure for the evils of d. is more d., 422 in order to have a revolution, 416 is baffled, 1170 is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, 426 is the theory that the common people know what they want, 423 is the worst form of Government except all those other forms, 417 make real the promise of d. 1693 means freeing intelligence for independent effectiveness, 639 must prove its capacity to act, 678 never lasts long, 413 no man has the right to strangle d. with a single set of vocal cords, 678 No one pretends that d. is perfect or all-wise, 417 of the dead, 368 pure and perfect d. is a thing not attainable by man, 425 revolution in order to establish ad., 416 soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself, 413 unsatisfied cannot long survive, 418 we are called a d., 1568 Were our State a pure d., 1591 which economically was largely socialist, 414 will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ, 415 |
| Democracy’s opportunity, 419 |
| Democrat I am not a member of any organized party—I am a D., 429 might almost be suspected of being a D., 1385 public servant third and a D. fourth, 1396 resist the concentration of power, 1458 You’ve got to be [an] optimist to be a D., 431 |
| Democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it, 1797 institutions purely d. must, sooner or later, destroy liberty, 420 Legal process is an essential part of the d. process, 1005 no. D. or Republican way of cleaning the streets, 1383 paint, 64 politicians rarely feel they can afford the luxury of telling the whole truth, 1563 purely d. government, 421 society is outraged, 1170 |
| Democratic party, 427–431 ain’t on speakin’ terms with itsilf, 427 however bad the Republican party was, the D. p. was much worse, 1600 |
| Democrats southern D. are in the saddle, 428 stop telling lies about the D., 1387 tell the truth about the Democrats, 1387 |
| Denial slays the life of the people, 672 |
| Denounce them for things that we ourselves do every day, 1509 |
| Depart I say; and let us have done with you, 1035 |
| Dependence back again to bondage, 1238 |
| Depravity Law cannot give to d. the rewards of virtue, 783 |
| Depression, 15 that will curl your hair, 1795 |
| Deputies Two d., one of whom is a radical, 1031 |
| Descendants remember your d., 1732 who boast of ancestors, 121 |
| Desert convert it [a garden] into a d., 1550 Nor d. my comrade, 100 oasis in the d., 766 those who make the d. bloom, 912 |
| Deserts civilization always results in d., 833 |
| “Desiderata,” 1114 |
| Desire deep within the soul, 1229 to do right, 1307 |
| Despair as old as your d., 2099 black night of d., 59 hope in the midst of d., 863 never d., 1357 winter of d., 1818 |
| Desperate From the d. city you go into the d. country, 1124 |
| Desperation men lead lives of quiet d., 1124 |
| Despotic reality of universal suffrage, 1595 |
| Despotism arrested the course of d., 676 bureaucratic d., 1646 can only end in d.,… when the people become corrupted, 322 Commerce between master and slave is d., 1062 not a government of laws, 756 of ill health, 1615 protection against political d., 652 seeds of d., 1069 |
| Destinies just God who presides over the d. of nations, 1061 of half the world, 2045 of the world, 488 |
| Destiny, 432–433 by d. rather than choice, 662 fabric of human d., 432 face to face with our d., 11 grow towards the stars of my greater d., 1480 if we are to achieve our d., 132 of the state is in the hands of the many, 912 our d., with the aid of God, remains in our own hands, 433 rendezvous with d., 1607 There is a d. that makes us brothers, 136 where the meaning of our lives matches the products of our labor, 691 |
| Destroy begetting the very thing it seeks to d., 1893 necessary to d. the town to save it, 1888 power to tax is not the power to d., 1792 power to tax is the power to d., 1798 we exercise the right to d. him [the president], 1509 |
| Destroyer subtle d. of the human spirit, 1984 |
| Destruction If d. be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher, 522 seem’d to be threaten’d with absolute d., 59 |
| Detente Strength makes d. attainable, 404 |
| Determination to make the right things happen, 1636 |
| Developing help the d. nations of the world, 611 |
| Devil, 434–436 benefit of law, 434 courage to treat with the d. in person, 435 from the d. himself, if he wore a crown, 614 himself cannot make him say yes, 1272 |
| Devil’s brew, 38 |
| Devils doctrines of d., 1457 |
| Devise to boys, 192 to children, 192 To lovers I d., 192 |
| Dew Covers Dixie like the d., 1244 |
| Diamonds are only chunks of coal, 1356 |
| Dice casting of the d. of death and birth, 1542 |
| Dictator only d. that freemen acknowledge, 1196 |
| Dictatorial not bow his neck to any d. government, 1671 |
| Dictators people reach for d., 1774 |
| Dictatorship of ignorance, 1615 |
| Dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, 750 |
| Dictatress of the world, 613 |
| Die Be ashamed to d., 1875 be ready to d. for it [democracy], 1340 but once to serve our country, 1304 danger that he may d., 1106 for one’s country, 367 for our country, 367 happy, 1655 Old soldiers never d., 1727 on the gallows or of the pox, 372 so it [my epitaph] can be carved, 1155 taught us how to d., 1222 time to be born, and a time to d., 1810 To d. will be an awfully big adventure, 988 when we come to d. even the undertaker will be sorry, 1125 who are not afraid to d. 1121 who do not fear to d., 1121 Who lets his country d., lets all things d., 348 who’ve no retreat, 1871 without a vision, 43 without hard practical sense, 43 |
| Died foolish and wrong to mourn the men who d., 1730 gloriously on the field of battle, 370 Let me not mourn for the men who have d., 1730 |
| Dies anyone who d. for his country is a fortunate man, 1721 never d. the dream, 457 nobody d. to get it [liberty], 1045 the same, 1223 when a great man d., 371 |
| Difference of opinion is not a difference of principle, 1596 |
| Differences, 436 between men and women, 2013 let us not be blind to our d., 436 |
| Different laws, 1631 manners, 1631 prudent without having my mind closed to anything that is new or d., 1396 right to be d., 645 [tasks] from those which our fathers faced, 697 |
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