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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Nose to Parley |
| Nose of Cleopatra, 103 |
| Not one cent for tribute, 804 a penny, 804 a sixpence, 804 worth a Continental dam, 1208 |
| Nothing chills pretense like exposure, 610 everything he wants, and n. that you want, 256 for n. any longer, 1605 got n. that I asked for—but everything I had hoped for, 1477 happens unless first a dream, 464 is easier than self-deceit, 1677 is easier than spending the public money, 799 is lasting but change, 885 is politically right which is morally wrong, 1640 is really work, 2023 is so much to be feared as fear, 600 is troublesome that we do willingly, 1116 is worse than active ignorance, 877 new under the sun, 1301 perpetual but death, 885 play for n., 2030 shall be impossible unto you, 592 so bad or so good that you will not find an Englishman doing it, 635 which he is willing to fight for, 1934 work for n., 2030 |
| Notion give up every preconceived n., 263 |
| Novel mightiest n. remains to be written, 111 |
| Now children are n. tyrants, 195 children n. love luxury, 195 conjecture where we n. are, 1286 he that stands it n., deserves the love and thanks of man and woman, 1821 I am ready n., 1288 I n. belong to the executive branch, 282 if not n.—when, 1673 is the time for all good men, 1388 matter does not appear to me n. as it … appeared to me then, 1263 What counts n., 107 what the critics say n. won’t matter, 110 |
| Nowhere all these passed away, and are n., 1301 |
| Nuclear disaster, 1083 umbrella that can protect others, 1255 |
| Nuclear energy, 1254–1256 |
| Nuclear war, 1257–1259 |
| O, means only that she’s growing old, 1226 |
| Oak nourishing the mighty o., 1437 |
| Oakland, California, 148 |
| Oasis in the desert, 766 |
| Oath Athenian Ephebic o., 100 |
| Oath of Office, 1260 |
| Object of good government, 778 of government, 780, 785 |
| Objection every imaginable o. seems to be obviated, 512 |
| Objectivity lack of o., 933 |
| Objects at which all political institutions aim, 782 of all legitimate government, 779 |
| Oblivion blessed act of o., 1294 |
| Obloquy lurid glare of o., 258 |
| Obscenity, 1261 definition of o., 1261 |
| Obstructionism mulish o. in domestic policy, 1042 |
| Ocean part of the heaving surface of the o., 1102 without the awful roar of its many waters, 443 |
| Offense to our friends and Allies, 40 |
| Office not man [seek] the o., 1571 perpetual o. seekers, 1563 sanctifies the holder of it, 1444 should seek the man, 1571 stay in o. too long, 1569 |
| Official limits of my o. capacity, 117 no o. … can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, 647 nobody counts for anything except … an o., 1716 |
| Officialdom arrogance of o. should be tempered, 795 |
| Officials Bad o. are elected by good citizens who do not vote, 1905 elective o. shall not lead but merely register the popular will, 1018 political o. must necessarily direct its [war’s] general course, 1926 See also Government officials |
| Ohio a mistake has been made in recent years, 285 |
| Oise-Aisne Cemetery, inscription, 1733 |
| Old age isn’t so bad, 20 as your despair, 2099 as your doubt, 2099 as your fear, 2099 disreputable, vigorous, unhonoured, and disorderly o. age, 24 girl called Anno Domini, 1569 growing o., 25 house in which to pass his o. age, 86 last to lay the o. aside, 2021 man had learned in seven years, 2003 men know young men are fools, 607 men plant trees they will never sit under, 694 misery of o. age, 21 not letting men grow o. in their jobs, 744 order standing, 1837 people grow o. by deserting their ideals, 2099 possible for o. people not to fear the young, 19 systems and the Word, 1838 too o. to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh, 399 young men think o. men are fools, 607 |
| “Old Soldiers Never Die” (song), 1727 |
| Old Testament [Watergate] is like the O. T., 1981 See also Bible |
| Older bad example by people much o., 2089 men declare war, 1923 one becomes wiser and more foolish, 23 order changeth, 181 |
| Olney Corollary, 630 |
| Olympic games, 80 |
| Once upon a time all the animals in the Zoo decided that they would disarm, 440 What has o. happened will invariably happen again, 855 |
| One All for o., 1862 blaze of blinding light, 1866 cool judgment, 937 for all, 1862 giant leap for mankind, 1738 great poem of New England, 1241 I am only o., 899 man can make a difference, 900 man with courage makes a majority, 900 nothing o. man or o. woman can do, 902 river born of many streams, 1866 small step for a man, 1738 Solitary Life, 916 useless man is called a disgrace, 273 with the law is a majority, 1138 |
| One-party government, 1489 |
| One-third of the world is asleep, 2037 struggle with the o., 1620 |
| Only freedom which deserves the name, 650 I am o. one, 899 those are fit to live, 1121 |
| Open My life has been as an o. book, 519 |
| Opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings, 1817 |
| Opinion absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of o., 677 difference of o. is not a difference of principle, 1596 error of o. may be tolerated, 1267 foolish and the dead alone never change their o., 1271 God’s o. that life should go on, 1100 legitimate interference of collective o., 652 marries old o. to new fact, 1837 matters of o., 647 of the people, 1245 own o. universally prevalent, 2094 public o. polls to tell me what is right, 1490 right to his o., 1262 sacrifices it to your o., 280 that all who can should vote, 1900 Unawed by O., 549 unbiased o., 280 voicing your o., 1747 |
| Opinions, 1262–1275 as many o. as there are experts, 1273 as you and I must have five years hence, 1028 change o. even on important subjects, which I once thought right, 321 comfort of o. without discomfort of thought, 1268 decent regard to the o. of former times, 82 in matters of religion, 667 in politics and religion, 1275 maintained your interest, against your o., 1028 music of our own o., 678 of the generation that is vanishing, 1264 Predominant o., 1264 propagation of o. which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful, 668 punishes political o., 1653 separated as far as any idea that their o. shall have any effect on the course we follow, 1330 take a man whose o. are known, 1270 that are held with passion, 1275 that will prevail will be those which are held most ardently, 677 their [constituents’] o. high respect, 280 See also Public opinion |
| Opponents eventually die, 1665 |
| Opportunity equal o., 54 Here is Democracy’s o., 419 land of o., 54 no security … only o., 1672 shining, golden o., 68 time and o. for more cool and sedate reflection, 468 to be of service to the people, 419 to do for his children and his family, 801 |
| Opposition His majesty’s o., 634 Turn aside when opposed rather than confront o., 1119 |
| Oppress Fortune,… Does man her slave o., 636 |
| Oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions, 884 of all lands and races, 960 |
| Oppression any o., 225 blacklist is the most cruel form of o., 115 guard even his enemy from o., 1072 of bias and prejudice and bigotry, 1615 people should be writhing under o., 1747 racial discrimination and o., 117 reason and humanity over error and o., 1521 |
| Oppressions Kingly o., 1495 tyranny and o. of body and mind will vanish, 490 |
| Optimism cannot talk with the same o. as its fathers, 1093 |
| Optimist I am an o., 1433 to be a Democrat, 431 |
| Oracle common o., 160 |
| Orator young o. really did lose his virginity, 1279 |
| Orators who rule the assemblies by the brilliancy of their eloquence, 1401 |
| Oratory, 1276–1288 amplification is the vice of modern o., 1283 it was a bit of campaign o., 1287 Thou say’st an undisputed thing in such a solemn way, 631 |
| Order 1289–1290 and Harmony among them [soldiers], 1181 and property would be saved by a strong military government, 421 is light, peace, inner freedom, self-determination, 1289 liberty connected with o., 1050 material o., intellectual o., moral o., 1289 older o. changeth, 181 respect o., 314 watchword be o., 1360 |
| Orderly national life is o., 1317 |
| Orders old o. should not be moved easily, 157 |
| Oregon journeying in covered wagons to O., 577 walk toward O., 658 |
| Ores squandering the capital of metallic o., 309 |
| Organization question of o., 1375 |
| Organizations I am against all big o., 822 |
| Organize Don’t waste any time mourning—o., 984 one’s life and distribute one’s time, 1289 |
| Original style, 2075 writer, 2075 writers borrowed from one another, 2080 |
| Originality is nothing but judicious imitation, 2080 |
| Originators few of us are o., 1552 |
| Ornament publick Buildings being the o. of a country, 93 |
| Orphan care for … his o., 1325 defeat is an o., 1872 |
| Orthodox what shall be o. in politics, 647 |
| Ostracism to all honest and useful intents, an o., 259 |
| Otis, James (1725–1783), 1630 |
| Ought it is what o. to be, 1289 |
| Ounce Each o. of dross costs its o. of gold, 2072 of loyalty, 2027 |
| Out and not in, 1434 |
| Outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, 446 |
| Outcasts of delicacy and virtue, 1210 vicious, reckless multitude, 46 |
| Outer space. See Space. |
| Outside want to get in, 1426 |
| Overestimate people, 1265 |
| Overthrow the Government of the United States, 221 it [the government], 732 |
| Owed so much o. by so many to so few, 2052 |
| Owes President of the United States o. his election to … labors of a political party, 1380 representative o. you, not his industry only, but his judgment, 280 who enjoys the protection of free Government, o. … his personal services to the defence of it, 1192 |
| Owl I’ve heard the o., 577 |
| Own people who o. the country ought to govern it, 764 |
| Oxford University, 499, 2089 |
| Oyster When God made the o., 70 |
| Pabulum every man’s hand is out for p., 708 |
| Pace not keep p. with his companions, 905 that all may keep an even P., 44 |
| Pacific Ocean, 2057 |
| Pacifists talk against war, 1642 |
| Paid sign that he expects to be p. for it, 1309 |
| Pain accept p. as a condition of existence, 1127 makes man think, 2002 |
| Paine, Thomas (1737–1809), 65 |
| Palestine, 914 |
| Pamper him and cater to him too much, 83 |
| Pan-American Exposition Buffalo, New York (1901) 1470, 1537 |
| Panama here, P. and its poverty, 834 |
| Pantheon, 1248 |
| Paradigm Let music for peace / Be the p., 1856 |
| Paradise what would be left for p., 1084 |
| Paradox What a p. if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground, 125 |
| Parasite I won’t be a p., 656 living on the flesh of others, 766 you are a p., 766 |
| Pardon a man who shot him on purpose, 1231 |
| Parent aim of p. and teacher, 501 |
| Parents Children begin by loving their p., 198 take … p. from their children, 1193 who merely gave them birth, 482 |
| Paris Bostonians, when they die, if they are good, go to P., 75 Good Americans, when they die, go to P., 75 In P. they just simply opened their eves and stared, 88 man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to P., 2007 |
| Parley rearm in order to p., 401 |
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