There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. – Herman Melville
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world. – Herman Melville
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