Quote by Herman Melville
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at tr

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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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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USA Patriotic
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The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass. – Herman Melville

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Survival
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. – Albert Camus

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Future

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. – Brian Tracy

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Future

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. – Dean Acheson

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Future

Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And its what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen. – Ice T

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Future

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My Botswana books are positive, and Ive never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative. – Alexander McCall Smith

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I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home. – Robert Plant

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Age is like the newest version of a software — it has a bunch of great new features but you lost all the cool features the original version had. – Carrie Latet

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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. – Russian Proverb

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