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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It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. – Alan Rickman

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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past. – Sai Baba

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The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity. – Thomas Mann

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Without a Mayaguez, or something comparable that we dont see in the immediate future, there is probably no one thing the President can do to himself to turn this situation around. – Robert Teeter

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Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. – Josh Billings

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Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it. – Johnny Isakson

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Its so much easier to suggest solutions when you dont know too much about the problem. – Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. – Michael Jordan

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