“The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire. At the end of… — David Droga Copy Share Image
Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The path of peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a can of 'whoop-ass', justifiably, when… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I beg you to exercise wisdom and restraint and remember that not all opportunities are created equal. Some are nothing but steps… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
“Restraint, soberness, the matured thought, the unselfish act, they are necessities of the barbarous state, the life of dangers. Dourness is man's… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
Obama is looking good because he kept his nerve and retained his restraint. That's a tough combo: nerve and restraint. It takes… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an… — Albie Sachs Copy Share Image
The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
By walking naked you gain far more than coolness. You feel an unexpected sense of freedom from restraint. An uplifting and almost… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
The absence of effective State, and, especially, national, restraint upon unfair money-getting has tended to create a small class of enormously wealthy… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We live in a very low state of the world, and pay unwilling tribute to government founded on force. There is not,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
But we either believe in democracy or we not. If we do, then, we must say categorically, without qualification, that no restraint… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
“A company is a moral imbecile. It has no sense of right or wrong. Any restraints have to come from the outside,… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
A conventional person can be restrained by the prejudices of its tradition. Convention has too many prejudicial restraints. But unconventional is good,… — Maya Tiwari Copy Share Image
People don't deserve the restraint we show by not going into delirium in front of them. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“The social conditions of life can only be improved by people exercising self-restraint.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Dreams are ideas where the collar has been removed and the leash has been thrown away.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
