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> [If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves, then you probably deserve to become extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/if-you-can-t-even-manage-to-to-force-your-own-presumably-democratic/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

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## More by Ishmael

> [Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/doubts-of-all-things-earthly-and-intuitions-of-some-things-heavenly/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [Ah, God! what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire. He sleeps with clenched hands; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/ah-god-what-trances-of-torments-does-that-man-endure-who-is-consumed/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [“It was a sight full of quick wonder and awe! The vast swells of the omnipotent sea; the surging, hollow roar they made, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/it-was-a-sight-full-of-quick-wonder-and-awe-the-vast-swells-of-the/)

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> [...we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/we-are-all-somehow-dreadfully-cracked-about-the-head-and-sadly-need/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/we-re-destroying-the-world-because-we-are-in-a-very-literal-and/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/if-you-can-t-even-manage-to-to-force-your-own-presumably-democratic/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/these-days-i-live-in-three-worlds-my-dreams-and-the-experiences-of-my/)

[Ishmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael/)

> [Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael/living-close-to-nature-is-wonderful-for-your-mental-health/)

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