![For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain little credit that my movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution: so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm.](/assets/img/quote-photos/for-myself-the-delay-in-assuming-the-office-of-the-president-may-be-compared-wi.jpg)
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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble. Blaise Pascal
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do. Sylvia Earle
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ocean moving earth
The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving. Peggy Noonan
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Government just simply can't do everything for everyone. Jan Brewer
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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. Sugar Ray Leonard
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