Restrain Quotes

150 Restrain quotes by 129 unique authors

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of… — Thomas Jefferson
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable… — John Locke
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. — Adam Smith
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. — Madame de Stael
I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and… — Charles R. Swindoll
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing a good guy.… — John Travolta
We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We need to get good people to restrain us from bad laws. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's… — Ayn Rand
With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we… — Victor Hugo
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -… — Patrick Henry
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It was the only thing I ever really wanted. And thatâ€™s the sin that canâ€™t be forgiven--that I hadnâ€™t done what I wanted. It feels… — Ayn Rand
Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them… — George Bernard Shaw
Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and… — Kristin Cashore
If I had my way," Dionysus said, "I would cause your molecules to erupt in flames. We'd sweep up the ashes and be done with… — Rick Riordan
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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