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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| Civilization to Congress—House of Representatives |
| Civilization, 224–230 always results in deserts, 833 cannot survive materially, 230 degree of c., 1527 greatest menace to our c., 224 institutions purely democratic must, … destroy liberty, or c., 420 inventions which abridge distance have done most for c., 1536 is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within, 1646 major advances in c., 183 a man doesn’t save a century, or a c., 107 Modern c. depends on science, 1663 no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and c., 1919 or liberty must perish, 334 respect … for its [America’s] c., 96 tap root of c., 1437 test of c., 19, 360, 363, 724, 957, 1525, 1527 usual interval of c., 47 wedge designed to attack our c., 225 will not last, 1861 would perish, 421 |
| Civilizations ancient c. in the years of their decay, 226 average age of world’s greatest c. has been 200 years, 424 breakdowns of c., 227 grow old and die out, 129 |
| Civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors, 178 we c. people have been spoilt, 1609 |
| Civis Romanus sum, 215 |
| Clarity, 231–232 |
| Clark, Ramsey (1927– ), 1530 |
| Clash There must be c., 157 |
| Class cause of death has been either War or C., 228 “dangerous c.,” 46 habitual drunkards as a c., 36 struggle, 1646 |
| Classes and conditions of people, 1900 neglected c. in our city, 46 |
| Classify train and c. the whole of our male citizens, 1187 |
| Cleanse the body of this nation, 1235 |
| Clear and present danger, 675 Let me make it c., 272 perfectly c., 231 very c., 232 |
| Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835–1910), 108 |
| Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt (69–30 B.C.), nose of, 103 |
| Clever If you are not very c., 254 |
| Cleverness pound of c., 2027 |
| Cliche froth of misleading self-congratulation and c., 50 poised between the c. and the indiscretion, 438 |
| Cliches hold fast to the c. of our forebears, 1268 |
| Climate of decency and civility, 54 |
| Climbed to the top of the greasy pole, 1778 |
| Cloaked intervention in which the instinct for domination c. itself, 2039 |
| Cloture, 288 |
| Club Mona Lisa painted by a c., 898 |
| Coach like a C. and six, 44 |
| Coal Diamonds are only chunks of c., 1356 from c., oil, uranium and throrium to solar energy, 309 |
| Coat which fitted him when a boy, 178 |
| Cock a snook, 656 |
| Co-existence tolerable basis of c., 235 |
| Coin credit, and circulation, 1200 |
| Cold War, 233–237 demonology, 248 in the midst of a cold war, 233 in Western Europe, 236 |
| College man whose … statue [should be] placed in every c., 6 most conservative persons I ever met are c. undergraduates, 2100 |
| Colleges like to see our c. and universities denigrated, 524 |
| Colleges and universities 238–240 See also Campus violence; Education, Universities |
| Color judged by the c. of their skin, 462 |
| Colored let the word “negro,” “c.,” and “black” be stricken, 119 man’s cause, 1600 man’s political hopes and the ark of his safety, 1601 men looking for loans, 118 |
| Column Fifth c., 408 |
| Columns if these c. fall, they will not be raised again, 755 of constitutional liberty, 755 |
| Combat supreme c. that will decide the destinies of the world, 488 women in c. might be too fierce, 1190 |
| Come to the aid of the party, 1388 |
| Comedian no credit to being a c., 748 |
| Comedy Russian c., everybody dies, 1655 |
| Comet like a fatal c. we may bring destruction in our train, 451 |
| Comfort of opinions without the discomfort of thought, 1268 |
| Commanders talkative and impertinently busy, as though they were all c., 1941 |
| Commands the Heartland, 2041 the riches of the world, 2044 the sea, 2044 the trade of the world, 2044 the World, 2041 the World-Island, 2041 |
| Commend her among her female acquaintances, 1460 |
| Commerce Credit is the vital air of the system of modern c., 359 horse-and-buggy definition of interstate c., 1763 without morality, 1697 |
| Commitment to justice, to excellence, to courage, 1299 |
| Committee Could Hamlet have been written by a c., 898 is a group of the unwilling, 241 |
| Committee-rooms Congress in its c. is Congress at work, 276 |
| Committees, 241 |
| Common laws of England, 1001 man, 71 men, 66 nothing is more c. than unsuccessful men with talent, 1355 object, 99 participation in a common benefit, 1329 people know what they want, 423 |
| Common-looking The Lord prefers c. people, 1339 |
| Commons British C., 279 faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity, 1038 See also House of Commons |
| Communicate nothing important to c., 1540 |
| Communication conciliation, compromise, and cooperation, 264 |
| Communism, 242–260 and socialism will claim to be heard, 1595 Britons would rather take the risk of civilizing c., 532 challenge of c., 580 collapse in Russia followed by c., 2046 if Freedom and C. were to compete for man’s allegiance, 692 of pelf, 139 world’s troubles are not due just to Russia, or c., 1618 |
| Communist bugaboo, 250 carry on C. work in them at all costs, 245 conspiracy, 248 Every C. must grasp the truth, 1451 |
| Communist Party support of the C. P, 246 |
| Communists not because the c. may be doing it, 623 nothing wrong with c., 249 people of Viet-Nam, against the C., 1882 set up any government, 243 several of the best friends I have are C., 249 took over the Catholic eastern portion of Poland, 165 |
| Companions not keep pace with his c., 905 |
| Compensation This is a world of c., 648 |
| Competition power of the thought to get itself accepted in the c. of the market, 1835 |
| Complacency to apathy, 1238 See also Contented |
| Complain Never c., never explain, 1113 |
| Complaint voice of c., 1747 |
| Compromise, 251–257 as surrender, 1448 Congress is communication, conciliation, c. and cooperation, 264 friendly c., 255 his idea of a c., 256 is the oil that makes governments go, 255 legislation is the result of c., 251 seek patiently and faithfully for peaceful c., 253 used to mean that half a loaf, 252 |
| Compromises legislation is a series of c., 257 |
| Compulsory retirement, 1569 |
| Computer he [man] is identifiable only in the c., 1144 regime of the c., 1144 sonata or a mechanical c., 898 |
| Comrade Nor desert my c., 100 |
| Comradeship of letters, 2081 of thought and of principle, 2081 |
| Concealment mystery and c., 1670 |
| Conceit two mountains of c., 1253 |
| Concentration camp system in Germany was a model of horrible efficiency, 1372 |
| Concern for the man himself, 1661 |
| Concerned When Hitler attacked … I was not c. [and then] there was nobody left to be c., 1749 |
| Concessions of inestimable value, 737 |
| Conciliation Congress is communication, c., 264 |
| Conciliatory you should be c., 254 |
| Concurrent endowment, 1368 |
| Condemnation profound and bitter c., 530 |
| Condition which confronts us—not a theory, 1806 |
| Conduct character and c., 1210 conciliatory and friendly to all nations, 616 conscience approves his c., 356 decency and propriety of c., 884 good influence of our c., 451 government’s c. in the stormy years that lie ahead, 1604 judgment on wrong c., 934 of any one, for which he is amenable to society, 651 of the State, 963 people determines its c., 1247 [President] responsible for their [subordinates’] c., 1500 Rule of C., 452 rules of c., that are commands to the citizen, 793 shock us with unaccustomed c., 258 supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good c. or bad c., 1507 |
| Conference affair of masks and mystification, 1943 lasted six weeks … wasted six weeks, 1943 to arrange the matter [deciding that they would disarm], 440 was held for one reason only, 1943 we [America] never won a c., 1944 |
| Conferences takes two or three c. to scare up a war, 1943 |
| Confidence abuse of c., 1246 assure to us the c. of mankind, 1082 considered in c., 1669 Public c. in the integrity of Government, 752 |
| Confidentiality of their sources, 1522 |
| Confinement deteriorated by c., 1526 |
| Conflict between giant organized system, 224 |
| Conformity, 258 |
| Congress, 259–278 ability of the President and the C. to govern this Nation, 526 and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves, 1701 As long as C. does not revise its priorities, 806 can be remembered for its opening the way to a new American revolution, 1617 cannot authorize the payment … of any other debts but those due to the United States, 1202 coequal role of the C., in our constitutional process, 264 critics of, 263, 269, 296 decided whether or not to declare a state of war exists with North Vietnam, 1879 drawbacks of being in C., 302 every time they make a joke it’s a law, 271 every time they make a law it’s a joke, 271 finest c. money can buy [greatness not] in her democratic C., 829 I am your man, 1491 I have been in C. two months and haven’t done it, 302 if the President in the recess of C. [acts] … without the possibility of a check, 1931 in declaring war, 1931 in its committee-rooms is Congress at work, 276 in session is Congress on public exhibition, 276 inquiries being conducted by committees of the C., 893 is bound to look after the government of the District of Columbia, 1974 is so strange, 266 jeopardized any moment C. decides to do so, 214 just and lawful wars authorized by C., 55 kid C. and the Senate, dont scold em, 270 let C. jargon as it will, 711 most enlightened body of men in the world, 262 motto toward the C., 264 negroes’ temporary farewell to the American C., 119 no distinctly native American criminal class except C., 275 no need to learn how C. speaks for the people, 74 on public education, 276 pass on to this C. advice, 888 plead their cause before C., 1516 power to interpret the people’s will, 1711 principle of free debate, inside or outside the halls of C., 678 propriety of having a C., 1496 provided an appropriation for the … expenses of each of the great national parties, 152 sometimes the C. has won, 272 substantive evils that C. has a right to prevent, 675 three or more [useless men], 273 through their C. [the people] decide how far they wish to go, 797 urge this C. … to join me in that effort [war on poverty], 1440 war-making power to C., 1495 |
| Congress—House of Representatives, 279–286, 762, 1824 advice to freshmen, 284 honesty and plain sense, in a H.R., 259 I love the H.R., 264 an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the H.R. considers [it] to be, 889 is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest, 279 is the most peculiar assemblage in the world, 281 know its idiosyncracies, 281 length of service is what gives influence, 285 no great respect for the lower house, 297 People’s House, 282 power of impeachment is … solely entrusted … to the H.R., 893 right in the H.R. to demand … all the Papers respecting a negotiation with a foreign power, 792 vs. House of Commons, 279 |
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