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Ibarruri, Delores : It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! (Delores Ibarruri, Spanish Communist leader and political orator during the Spanish Civil War, 1895-1989)

Ibsen, Henrik : The strongest man is the one who stands most alone. (Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright and theatre director, 1828=1906)

Ii, Hippocrates : Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods, a man should himself lend a hand. (Hippocrates II, Greek physician who is often referred to as the Father of Medicine,” c. 460 – c. 370 B.C.E.)

Ii), King Charles : When the Quaker Penn kept his hat on in the royal presence, Charles (King Charles II) politely removed his, explaining that it was the custom in that place for only one person at a time to remain covered. (Arthur Bryant, English historian and columnist, 1899-1985)

Iii, Holmes Rolston : Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live. (Holmes Rolston III, U.S. professor of environmental ethics whose contributions include the relationship between science and religion, Born 1932)

Iii, Hodding Carter : There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. (Hodding Carter III, journalist and politician, Born 1935)

Iii, John Mccain : Nothing is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself. (John McCain III, U.S. politician and naval officer who served 5 terms in the U.S. Senate, 1936-2018)

Illich, Ivan : Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust its vitality. It needs constant reinvigoration if it is not to become arid and sterile. (Elizabeth Drew, U.S. political journalist and author, 1887-1965Consumerism: In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)

Illich, Ivan : Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)

Illich, Ivan : In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich, Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002)

In, Federal Judge : When government becomes a lawbreaker, it's an invitation to anarchy. (Federal judge in U.S. Watergate proceedings)

Ingalls, Brian : Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. (Brian Ingalls)

Ingersoll, Robert Green : The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. (Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Robert Green : In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. (Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Roger G. : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences. (Roger G. Ingersoll, U.S. writer and orator in defense of agnosticism, 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Robert G. : In nature there are neither rewards or punishments----there are consequences. (Robert G. Ingersoll, U.S. writer and orator who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Robert : With soap baptism is a good thing. (Robert Ingersoll, U.S, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Robert Green : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. (Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899)

Ingersoll, Robert Green : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. (Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899)

Iqbal, Sir Mohammad : Nations are born in the hearts of poets, but they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. (Sir Mohammad Iqbal, poet-philosopher and politician of British India, 1877-1938)

Irving, Washington : Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. (Washington Irving, U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)

Irving, Washington : He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, explore the glen, stem the torrent, and dare the precipice. (Washington Irving, U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)