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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Wages to Whistle |
| Wages minimum for the w. of women, 2013 |
| Wagner Act, 986 |
| Wait sat down to w., and waiting died, 1823 |
| Walk humbly with thy God, 947 part way toward our goal, 1786 slowly, but I never walk backward, 1534 together side by side in majesty, 41 toward Oregon, 658 |
| Wall Street brokers, 144 |
| Wallace, Henry Agard (1888–1965), 625 |
| Walls future will not flourish behind w., 2036 of oppression, 8 |
| Want freedom from w., 655 of a Nail … of a Shoe … of a Horse the Rider was lost, 1240 |
| Wants give the public what it w., 1803 provide for human w., 773 |
| War, 1909–1954 abolition of w., 1924 aftermath of w., 1923 and nobody will come, 1946 as well as in peace, 1367 awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in w., 1157 better to talk jaw to jaw than to have w., 1914 borrow billions for w., 1919 brink of atomic w., 1657 calamities of w., 1925 Can say peace / When we mean w., 1856 cannot vote for w., 1942 cause of death has been either W. or Class, 228 challenges virtually every other institution of society, 1935 compel them to fight the battles of any w., 1193 Congress, in declaring w., 1931 contains so much folly, 1932 cost of w., 2070 dismantling the national capacity to wage w., 1324 do not drag me into another W. 1947 do not take lightly the perils of w., 1948 doubt if we will ever have another w., 1938 dreary, difficult w., 1884 enemies of man:… w. itself, 516 enemies of man—w., poverty and tyranny, 85 evils of w. are great in their endurance, 840 Executive is the branch of power most interested in w., 1931 far worse w. or one much harder to win, 253 fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into w., 2049 fight Europe’s w. with arms while the diplomats … fight it with words, 247 first casualty when w. comes is truth, 1925 for principles, 1949 Four things greater than all things, are—… w., 824 Global w. has become a Frankenstein, 1258 if men reserve for w. their greatest efforts, 1961 if they mean to have a w., let it begin here, 1940 implements of w. and subjugation, 1921 in modern w. there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying, 367 is a normal attribute of human life, 1957 is a Racket, 1912 is an invention of the human mind, 1959 is an ugly thing, 1934 is itself a political act, 1926 is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military, 1954 is not merely a political act, 1915 is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations, 1916 is peace, 1962 is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means, 1917 is subject to advance planning, 1939 it is their [Vietnamese] w., 1882 limited w. with Red China, 1967 losses become a function of the duration of the w., 1918 make w. at pleasure, 1495 moral equivalent of w., 526 moral power is to physical as three parts to four, 1213 no merit in putting off a w. for a year, 253 no nation is rich enough to pay for both w. and civilization, |
| 1919 no w. can be long carried on against the will of the people, 1911 [not] learn w. any more, 1956 of the giants is over, 1913 Older men declare w., 1923 on poverty, 1440 peace is not mere absence of w., 1328 Peace itself is W. in Masquerade, 1960 peace was better than w., 1955 politician who has wilfully made w., 1953 preserve our country from the calamities and ravages of w., 616 question of w. in the Legislature, 1931 requires careful preparation, 1726 Resolution, 1958 Revenge and iron-hearted W., 2083 Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and W., 1963 shooting w. is over, 233 the soldiers tried to stop, 1883 success in modern w. requires something more than courage, 1726 That Will End W., 1952 That’s the way it is in w., 1930 thirteen years of w. for every year of peace, 1957 This w., like the next w., is a w. to end w., 1952 time of w., and a time of peace, 1810 to be just, 1909 To be prepared for W., 411 to end w., 1952 To jawjaw is always better than to w.-w., 1914 two or three conferences to scare up a w., 1943 very last one, 1938 was only an effect and consequence of it [the revolution], 1619 the way it is in w., 1930 We [America] never lost a w., 1944 we are at all times ready for W., 410 Weakness invites w., 404 will exist until, 1188 with China, 202 wrong w. at the wrong place and against the wrong enemy, 1967 See also Civil War (1861–1865); Cold War; Revolutionary war (1775–1783); Vietnam War; World War I (1914–1918); World War II (1939–1945) |
| War and peace, 410–411, 698, 1955–1966, 2046 |
| War in Asia, 1967–1968 |
| War-making power to Congress, 1495 |
| “The War Prayer,” 1950 |
| Warp of sense and his woof of nonsense, 625 |
| Warren, Earl (1891–1974), 924 |
| Warren, Joseph (1741–1775), 1630 |
| Warrior prestige that the w. does today, 1188 |
| War’s being a medium for the practical settlement of international differences, 1258 |
| Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided, 1965 are the glory and the agony of the young, 1920 begin in the minds of men, 1966 boys are not going to be sent into any foreign w., 1945 consuming w., 1646 the fathers did bury their sons, 1955 have been averted by patience and persisting good will, 253 just and lawful w., 55 of interest and intrigue, 613 people’s w., 1927 |
| Washington, D.C., 1969–1975 administration in W. provides a close parallel, 1154 city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency, 1972 found at W. … the Smithsonian Institution, 972 government at W. still lives, 718 heart of America is felt less here, 1973 I do not need to tell a W. audience, 285 If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in W. because it would not be noticed, 1970 is full of famous men and the women they married when they were young, 1971 is to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it, 512 it is a Federal city, 1974 mighty in W. can [not] be persuaded, or corrupted … by anything less than votes, 1410 opposed to the franchise in the District, 1975 poor in Resurrection City have come to W., 1442 Too small to be a state but too large to be an asylum, 1969 Were we directed from W. when to sow, 728 what W. juice is made of, 1410 when movie actors come to W., they’re absolutely fascinated by the politicians, 1406 where I knew I would be farther away from America than I could be on some foreign shore, 1973 You send me to W. to represent you, 298 See also Capitol building, Washington, D.C. |
| Washington, George (1732–1799), 65, 814, 820, 897, 1018, 1497, 1976–1977 centennial birthday, 755 |
| Washington Monument tied to its tail, 37 |
| “Washington’s Forgotten Maxim,” 57 |
| Waste it [youth] on children, 2097 new categories of w. have come to plague and menace, 544 |
| Wastebasket private w. for crumbled-up spite and discarded personalities, 849 |
| Wasteland a vast w., 1801 |
| Wastes each generation w. a little more, 833 |
| Wasting prevent government from w. the labors of the people, 727 |
| Watchman waketh but in vain, 662 who prevents outrage, 786 |
| Watchmen on the walls of world freedom, 662 |
| Watch-tower of liberty, 307 |
| Watchword be order, 1360 of every Frenchman, 886 of true patriotism, 1641 |
| Water, 1978 as a beverage, it’s a failure, 1978 nail a drop of w. to the wall, 1394 neither its pipes nor its theories will hold w., 568 of mediocrity, 874 |
| Watergate Affair, 54, 705, 761, 888, 1394, 1979–1981 |
| Waterloo, 1154, 1964 |
| Water’s unite our official voice at the w. edge, 634 |
| Waters Cast thy bread upon the w., 591 let judgment run down as w., 931 |
| Wave cannot exist for itself, 1102 |
| Waves mastering the winds, the w., 1134 of this debate, 1286 |
| Ways my w. are not as theirs, 1008 |
| We have met the enemy, 518, 521 hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable, 396 hold these truths to be self-evident, 397 shall not fail, 688 |
| Weak and helpless ones [governments], 750 build up the w. by pulling down the strong, 2025 by time and fate, 575 cannot strengthen the w. by weakening the strong, 1117 too w. to maintain its own existence, 733 |
| Weakest think, 1807 |
| Weakness forgive almost any w., with the possible exception of stupidity, 84 invites war, 404 |
| Wealth embittered at the w. and the luxuries they never share, 46 materials of w. are in the earth, 478 mineral w. of our Nation, 476 wisdom to use that w. to enrich and elevate our national life, 691 |
| Wealthy people can afford, 1085 Some will get w., 1633 |
| Weapons defensive w., 440 honourable w. of immemorial antiquity, 440 |
| Wear no brave man would w., 1447 |
| Weariness greatest w. comes from work not done, 2026 |
| Wearing out rather than rusting out, 11 |
| Weather, 1982 Everybody talks about the w., 1982 nobody does anything about it, 1982 |
| Weathercock on the top of the edifice, 1028 |
| Webster, Daniel (1782–1852), 1848 |
| Wedded to its liberty, 29 |
| Wedge designed to attack our civilization, 225 |
| Wednesday’s child is full of woe, 200 |
| Weeds let the w. grow, 391 |
| Weep and you w. alone, 1707 time to w., and a time to laugh, 1810 |
| Welfare, 1983–1984 of humanity, 1481 of the workers depends upon their own initiative, 1983 |
| Well be not weary in w. doing, 450 meet them w. or ill, 827 |
| Well-bred nothing better becomes a w. man than agriculture, 28 |
| West fertile lands of the W., 65 I know no South, no North, no East, no W., 267 reclamation of arid public lands in the W., 311 |
| West Point Military Academy inscription, 1874 |
| West Virginia, 65 |
| Western freedom and democracy, 901 Hemisphere, 630 impact which has stirred up the winds of change, 182 let the Communists set up any government in the W. Hemisphere, 243 nations and the Asian peoples, 235 resembles the action in a W. movie, 1518 society, 901 What can we ever hope to do with the w. coast, 1986 |
| Westward as into the future, 658 I go free, 657 |
| Westward movement, 577, 1985–1986 |
| What becomes of us, 1676 can I do for my city, 767 he knows for sure just ain’t so, 966 is so rare as a day in June, 2072 not w. he doesn’t know that bothers me, 966 our country has done for each of us 768 to do, 146, 936 to hope, 146 we are, 1676 we are and w. we hope to be, 418 we can do for our country in return, 768 we do, 1676 we ought to will, 1055 you are in the dark, 187 you are stands over you the while, 186 you can do for your country, 766 your country can do for you, 766 |
| What’s going on with all these numbers, 810 past is prologue, 1296 right and fair, 256 |
| Wheat vital spark that we find in a grain of w., 1752 |
| Wheels of time, 1290 |
| Where conjecture w. now are, 1286 end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive w. we started, 579 If we could first know w. we are, 936 know w. to stand, 106 not so much w. we stand, 5 there is hatred, 1466 To know w. we are going … that is order, 1289 |
| Whimpering isolationism, 1042 |
| Whimsicality met recurring disaster with w., 1110 |
| Whip If you can’t whip ’em, 257 |
| Whirlpool of politics, 86 |
| Whiskey decanter of corn w. near at hand 24 Ring, 467 you mean the Devil’s brew, 38 you mean the oil of conversation, 38 |
| Whistle Don’t give too much for the w., 2071 wait until a shrimp learns to w., 244 |
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