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It citizenship would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognized as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other state whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, andwithout obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of the law for which a white man would be punished it citizenship would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went. And all this would be done in the face of the subject race of the same color, both free and slaves, inevitably producing discontent and insubordination among them, and endangering the peace and safety of the State.

– Roger B. TaneyRate it:

It comes as news to most people to learn that practically all important ethical teachers -- Moses, Aristotle, Jesus, Mohammed, and Saint Thomas Aquinas, for instance -- have denounced lending at interest as usury and as morally wrong.

– Lawrence DennisRate it:

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

– Steve JobsRate it:

It comforts me to know that anything I put my mind to, and pursue, I can achieve.

– Isaac MashmanRate it:

It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself.

– AnneRate it:

It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.

– Annie DillardRate it:

It could never be an insult, but a high degree of respect for me on being equated equal to a dog.

– Anuj SomanyRate it:

It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.

– Terry Pratchett, JingoRate it:

It could probably be show by facts and figures that there is no distinctively native American criminal class except Congress.

– Mark TwainRate it:

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.

– Mark TwainRate it:

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.

– Benjamin DisraeliRate it:

It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.

– Sir John Collins Squire, "A Random Walk in Science" compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. MendozaRate it:

It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.

– Max BeerbohmRate it:

It does matter not if the road ends; find another road!

– Mehmet Murat ildanRate it:

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

– Charles KuraltRate it:

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

– J. K. RowlingRate it:

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

– J TolkeinRate it:

It does not do well to make ice but forget the scotch.

– Paul. F. MeekinRate it:

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore.

– Margaret FullerRate it:

It does not make any sense to talk with a common sense to a person who has almost all thinking common with almost all people all the time, and remains confined within own circumference of ‘I’, ‘ME’ and ‘Myself’ and often has view or sentence with the word ‘YOU’.

– Anuj SomanyRate it:

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.

– Amit RayRate it:

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

– Lucius Annaeus SenecaRate it:

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop!

– Clarence DarrowRate it:

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

– ConfuciusRate it:

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