Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
Epitaph to Fairness
Epitaph five words might be his [Alexander Hamiltons] e., 830 greatest e. in the country, 1515 saddest e., 1077 When I [Will Rogers] die, my e., 1155
Epitaphs, 546549 Jefferson, Thomas (17431826), 546 King, Martin Luther, Jr. (19291968), 547 Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (19021974), 548 Petigru, James Louis (17891863), 549
Epoch it was the e. of belief, it was the e. of incredulity, 1818
Equal all men are born free and e., 554 all men are created e., 219, 397, 462 all men are created e. & independant, 396 dead all men at last are e., 368 Government should [not] take action to try to make these opportunities exactly e., 1085 justice, e. opportunity, e. dignity without discrimination, 866 law secures e. justice to all alike, 1568 laws protecting e. rights, 552 like being cheated by an e., 909 more than the e. of any nation in the world, 407 opportunity and an e. chance to do his best, 1463 pay for e. work, 550 representation then proposed, 1597 rights of all men, and all nations, 1075 rights to all and special privileges to none, 1573 some animals are more e. than others, 553 treatment of unequals, 551
Equality, 550554 as a human being, 1671 I take the view that e. is e., 303 of the white and black races, 1578 to assure complete e., 1092
Errand they shall not be sent upon a similar e., 698
Error, 555 no effort without e. and shortcoming, 10 No mans e. becomes his own Law, 555 wounded, writhes in pain / And dies among his worshippers, 1829
Errors that, which doubleth all e., will not acknowledge or retract them, 2084
Escape cannot e. history, 1701 from painful realities, 580 this book has been for the author a long struggle of e., 875
Establishment elected spokesmen represent the E., 1891 how wise the E. is, 1613 Thou Shalt Not Accept Any E. Idea, 441 todays E. is the new George III, 1614
Estate not make his e. a single drachma greater, 1022
Esteem What we obtain too cheap, we e. too lightly, 1845
Eternal change alone is e., 180 hostility against every form of tyranny, 1844 interests are e. and perpetual, 42 no e. allies, 42 vigilance, 1054, 1073
Eternity Architecture aims at e., 93 Silence is deep as E., 1691 Silence is of E., 1691
Eulogies Black, Hugo La Fayette (18861971), 376 Burnes, James N., 368 Elks Lodge annual memorial service (1906), 1752 Humphrey, Hubert Horatio (19111978), 1222, 1697 Jones, John Paul (17471792), 886 Kennedy, Joseph Patrick (18881969), 109 Kennedy, Robert Francis (19251968), 465 King, Martin Luther, Jr., (19291968), 1995
Europe, 566559 all E. may be free, 2055 all E. sneezes, 559 All the armies of E., could not, 406 American frontier has been on the coasts of E., 2064 Americans laid before E. that noble Declaration, 393 crusading and defending E., 1947 extends to the Alleghenies, 557 fall of E. is inevitable, 247 hush over all E., 2053 I want them on this continent and not in E., 1259 Immigration from overcrowded E., 476 is not to be saved by any single man, 534 is partitioned, 558 is the less, 134 keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict E., 840 lying and comfort-loving E., 556 master of Bohemia is master of E., 122 [must] not [walk] toward E., 658 natives of E. were brave and robust, 1647 save E. by her [Englands] example, 534 second front in E., 2067 they will become corrupt as in E., 726 unincumbered travellers in E. 1272 useful to E. and harmful to the human race, 1606 who, in E., is by Rank superior to all, 1626
Evil, 560566 destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil, 1214 distorted way of looking at things produced, such incalculable e., 1231 good End cannot sanctifie e. Means, 564 indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by e. men, 565 Instead of diminishing e., it multiplies it, 1893 nor must we ever do E., that Good may come of it, 564 only thing necessary for the triumph of e., 560 sin to believe e. of others, but seldom a mistake, 562 That which one believes of others, 562 There are few things wholly e. or wholly good, 561 thousand hacking at the branches of e. to one who is striking at the root, 566 whether it have more of e. than of good, 561
Evils cure for the e. of democracy, 422 it is too feeble to overthrow, 1237 of city life, 212 of superficiality, 1097 of war are great in their endurance, 840 substantive e. that Congress has a right to prevent, 675 we cannot abolish all the e. in this world by statute, 783 which have never happened, 1116
Example do not copy our neighbors, but are an e. to them, 1568 encouragement of a great e., 99
Excellence, 567569 claim of e. is also recognised, 1568 conformity with e. or virtue, 567 four-squared e., 569 full use of your powers along lines of e., 567 of what is in their hands, 880 society which scorns e. in plumbing, 568
Excess of the opposite virtue, 826 virtue like valour when it is pushed to e., 826
Excusing of a fault / Doth make the fault the worse by excuse, 837
Executive as necessary to good Government as a single E., 1036 discretion of the E., 1447 interpretation of e. power, 1505 legislative power is nominated by the e., 324 power, 1078 provide in the Constitution for the regular punishment of the e., 891 rescue Liberty from the grasp of e. power, 1078
Executive Branch head, heart, and hand, 282 is clearly obligated to supply relevant information to the Legislative Branch, 893 is the branch of power most interested in war, 1931 Under the Constitution, I now belong to the e. b., 282
Executives have given inspiration and push to the advancement of human society, 1030 have played a powerful role in the development of civilization, 1030
Exercise active e. of his souls faculties, 567 our strength with wisdom and restraint, 662 preclude the e. of arbitrary power, 789
Exercises should be devoted to it [health] in preference to every other pursuit, 851
Expenditure annual e. twenty pounds ought and six, result misery, 380 on armaments as conflicting with the requirements of the social services, 784 poor cannot hope for much economy in public e., 812
Expenditures cutting e., 801 defense e. 400 limit public e. to the actual needs of the government, 796
Expensive immoral, illegal, fattening, or too e., 846
Experience, 570577 all e. is an arch wherethro / Gleams that untravelld world whose margin fades, 575 analogy of e., 573 eye may be opened by e., 1002 get out of an e. only the wisdom that is in it, 576 how incapable must Man be of learning from e., 574 instinct has learned nothing from e., 1292 lamp of e., 571 lessons of their own e., 82 may bring certain truths to the Americans attention, 362 teaching which e. offers in history, 570 triumph of hope over e., 1167 which is going on around me, 1102
Experiment Doing for people is a dangerous e., 1983
Experimentation country demands bold, persistent e., 1843
Experiments without risk to the rest of the country, 1755
Experts, 578 as many opinions as there are e., 1273 Ive known better than to depend on the e., 578
Explain never complain and never e., 1113 Never e.; your friends do not need it, 686
Face fair in f., 200 round, jolly, fruitful f., 1313
Fact finding of f., 582 marries old opinion to new f., 1837 merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease, 585 Sit down before f. as a little child, 263, 583 wordy evidence of the f., 1692
Facts, 582585 Dr. F. (Bernard M. Baruch), 1262 for the people of my country, 582 have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies, 584 imagination for his f., 1175 Practical politics consists in ignoring f., 1409 report the f., 748 right to be wrong in his f., 1262 state the f. as they really occurred, 1748 subject all f. to a prefabricated set of interpretations, 1268 Trust them [the people] with the f., 1343 tyranny of f., 585 What are f. but compromises?, 585 when he states his f. that you admire the flights of his imagination, 1175
Fade like a dream, 1220 they [old soldiers] just f. away, 1727
Faded the flower, 1219 the shape of beauty, 1219 the sight of beauty, 1219
Fail hard to f., 589 no use for men who f., 588 shall not f., 688 to meet [challenges], 229 With public sentiment, nothing can f., 1557 With that assistance, I cannot f., 1497
Failed A mans life is interesting primarily when he has f., 586
Failings reading about ones f in the daily papers, 1522
Failure, 586590 Ambition is the last refuge of the f., 590 behind every man whos a f. theres a woman, too, 2017 cause of their f. is no business of mine, 588 consequences of f., 1784 Never submit to f., 2088 Not f., but low aim, is crime, 587 sign that he tried to surpass himself, 586 throw the stone of malice when f. settles its cloud upon our heads, 446 [Water] as a beverage, its a failure, 1978
Fair determine to be adult and f., 524 for me and foul for another, 115 many things in life that are not f., 1085 we have as leaders an obligation to be f., 418