"By and large, the critics and readers gave……" — Ralph Ellison

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• An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly… — Abraham Lincoln
• In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look… — Rick Santorum
• Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it… — Horace Mann
• As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident among them than… — Ibn Taymiyyah
• This is common sense. This is nature, and what we're trying to do is defy nature because a certain group… — Rick Santorum
• All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Prayer meetings are dead affairs when they are merely asking sessions; there is adventure, hope and life when they are… — Norman Grubb
• It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off… — James Madison
• I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but… — William Rehnquist
• There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your… — Dar Williams
• Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of… — Stephen Covey
• Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the… — George H. W. Bush

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