Herman Melville Quote

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.


White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war (ed. 1850)


There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.