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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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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. – Herman Melville

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Faith
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The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. – Herman Melville

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The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future. – Angela Merkel

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I go to school the youth to learn the future. – Robert Frost

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My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus – there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball. – David Duchovny

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If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. – William J. Clinton

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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. – Alexander Pope

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. – Alice Walker

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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isnt every war fought between men, between brothers? – Victor Hugo

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Ive always wanted to do a family movie. – Adam Sandler

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